Special ops aviation unit presents dozens of valor, combat awards

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Special ops aviation unit presents dozens of valor, combat awards
By Davis Winkie
Feb 22, 12:14 PM
Assorted awards lie awaiting presentation to members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during a ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Feb. 16, 2023. (160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment/Army)

More than 50 of the Army’s most elite aviators and their support personnel received combat or valor awards recently in a ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

The newly-decorated members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers, were recognized on Feb. 16 for their participation in four different operations between 2019 and 2022, commander Col. Roger Waleski told Army Times in a Tuesday phone interview. The storied unit provides aviation support to special operators throughout the military, including high-stakes efforts such as the 2011 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden.

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