Special Ops Blackhawk
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Clark/Released
A MH-60L Blackhawk helicopter hovers while Peruvian special forces fast-rope down to a ship's deck during a joint training exercise.
The MH-60 is a special operations variant of the standard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter used by the U.S. Army.
The MH-60k/l/m family of Blckahawks are flown by the Army's elite aviation unit, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as Task Force 160 and the Night Stalkers.
Fitted with defensive countermeasures such as infrared and radar jammers and decoy launchers, along with a multi-mode radar and infrared sensor, the MH-60 is designed to survive in hostile airspace while inserting and extracting Special Operations Forces (SOF).
