Spec Ops Needs Faster Helos

Credit: PIASECKI AIRCRAFT CORP.
The Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is feeling the need for speed to contend with the sprawl of Afghanistan, the unit’s commander, Col. Clay Hutmacher, told an Assn. of the U.S. Army aviation symposium here in January. The “Night Stalkers”—so-called because most of their missions...

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