Night Stalker MH-47 Emerges With Mystery Modifications During Training In Colorado
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has been flying out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport for weeks, but the new gear is a surprise.
By Tyler RogowayAugust 9, 2020
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (160th SOAR), better known as the Night Stalkers, have been sporadically executing some high-altitude training out of Colorado's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) over the last couple of months. These flights have mainly involved the unit's highly modified MH-47 Chinooks, a type that is renowned for its high-altitude capabilities. Now, some of the aircraft used for these operations have emerged with a mystery alteration made up of arrays and boxes that line the upper mid-sections of their fuselages.
Aviation Photographer Memphis Larson, who goes by the handle @121.700 on Instagram, has been watching the Chinooks come and go from the area in recent weeks and immediately noticed this new modification when it appeared on August 6th. Larson tells The War Zone:
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