The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is a special operations unit

United States Special Operations Forces

United States Special Operations Forces under United States Special Operations Command are active and reserve component forces of U.S. Military...

 of the United States Army

United States Army

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 that provides helicopter

Helicopter

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 aviation support for general purpose forces and Special Operations Forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and are usually conducted at night, at high speeds, low altitudes, and on short notice. The 160th SOAR is headquartered at Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astraddle the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

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. The 160th SOAR (A) are also known as the Night Stalkers and their motto

Motto

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 is Night Stalkers Don't Quit.
The regiment consists of a "training" battalion, the Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion, and four "operations" battalion

Battalion

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s: the 1st and 2nd at Fort Campbell, the 3rd at Hunter Army Airfield

Hunter Army Airfield

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, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, and the 4th at JBLM, Washington.

The 160th SOAR (A) consists of the Army's best-qualified aviator

Aviator

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s and support soldiers.