The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), abbreviated as 160th SOAR (A), is a special operations force of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for special operations forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and these missions are usually conducted at night, at high speeds, low altitudes, and on short notice.
The Regiment's Company E fly the slingloaded Mil Mi-24 out of Chad, known as Operation Mount Hope III
A MH-60L DAP fires its 2.75 in (7.0 cm) rockets on a U.S. test range
An AH-6M attacks designated targets during an offensive air support exercise with the USMC's MAWTS-1
A MH-6M insert a team of Rangers atop a building using the Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES)
Jack V. Mackmull
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Jack V. Mackmull was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam War, he served from 1950 to 1984 and attained the rank of lieutenant general. Mackmull's commands included the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, 101st Airborne Division, and XVIII Airborne Corps, and he was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit (4), and Distinguished Flying Cross (4).
Mackmull as a West Point senior, 1950