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Commandos behind enemy lines before dawn11/25/2023 ![]() The 1,500-member force was first used in hostile conditions in Grenada in 1983 and has since participated in missions around the globe in nations such as Panama, Iraq and Bosnia.Ĭol. The regiment was formed in 1981 to focus on low-level, night operations in response to the failed hostage rescue mission in Iran the year before. Paul Fitzpatrick, an Army spokesman at Fort Campbell, which is 50 miles north of Nashville, Tenn.Īir crews from the 160th are trained to operate 30 feet above water, at night, using night vision goggles in a hostile environment, according an Army publication.Ī 1993 mission in Somalia involving the 160th is the subject of "Black Hawk Down." Eighteen American soldiers died before the mission was aborted. ![]() ![]() ![]() The other two members aboard were Air Force para-rescue jumpers, said Maj.
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