The Polish 7th Special Operations Squadron was a relatively small unit, which utilized two models of post-Soviet transport and attack helicopters – Mi-17-1W and Mi-17TU. A total of 8 aircraft… Continue reading "Polish 7th Special Operations Squadron Reforms Into Special Operations Air Unit"
Coalition Forces drawn from US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), likely including Delta Force commandos ferried into Syria by helicopters of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, have successfully captured… Continue reading "JSOC Captures ISIL High Value Target in Syria"
At the beginning of September, two dozens MH-47G Block II were delivered to US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) as a part of a $265 million contract signed in July to… Continue reading "First MH-47G Block II Chinooks delivered to SOCOM"
United States Special Operations Forces drawn from the northern Iraq-based Expeditionary Targeting Force of Task Force 27 conducted a helicopter-borne raid, on October 26, into north-west Syria to kill or… Continue reading "Inside the Delta Force Raid that killed al-Baghdadi in Syria"
Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pennsylvania branch has been awarded a large contract modification for the manufacture of six rebuild, and one new, MH-47G helicopters for the US Special Operations Command. The… Continue reading "SOCOM Buys Seven More MH-47Gs"