The arrival in England of AC-130 gunships and cargo jets from the home of the Night Stalkers comes as the U.S. may interdict a fleeing oil tanker.

The “Night Stalkers” are an elite helicopter unit trained to quickly and stealthily enter and exit contested areas—ideal for Saturday’s operation targeting Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

No. 7 Squadron RAF is the RAF's elite Chinook unit within the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing, providing heavy-lift night operations and low-level support to UKSF akin to the US 160th SOAR's Night Stalkers.

While stealth helicopters, which may or may not still exist, were central to the Bin Laden raid, the Venezuela operation was different in key ways.

The Army unit tasked with extracting Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela rehearsed the mission using a model compound in Kentucky, per The New York Times.

Special operations aircraft are chosen for proven reliability in hostile environments rather than cutting-edge specs. The 160th SOAR depends heavily on the MH-60 Black Hawk and MH-47G Chinook for insertion and extraction missions. AC-130 gunships and MQ-9 ...

The US military has moved a large number of special-operations aircraft, troops and equipment into the Caribbean as President Trump openly considers military action to oust Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, according to a new report.

The military buildup provides the Trump administration with expanded options to escalate pressure on Nicolás Maduro.

TACOMA, Wash. — Four special operations soldiers were on board a helicopter from Joint Base Lewis-McChord that crashed late Wednesday during a training mission, the Army said Thursday. “Four service members assigned to the 160th Special Operations ...

Experts say that the planes, combined with departure locations and routing patterns, are consistent with the movement of special operations aviation units.