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Watch: Special operators sweep low and dark over downtown LA

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Earlier this week, footage surfaced online of blacked-out military helicopters flying low over downtown Los Angeles. It may seem unnerving to have special operators wearing full “battle rattle” zoom over your local grocery, but citizens of LA don’t need to fret. These low-flying birds of prey are the good guys.

The helicopters, MH-6 Little Birds and MH-60 Black Hawks, hail from the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). Its pilots are tasked with the insertion and extraction of America’s special operations troops in heavily-contested territory. They often fly extremely low with little or no external lighting, using darkness for concealment. Their tenacity for twilight operations earned them the moniker “Night Stalkers.”

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    Daniel

    I don’t envy you at all.

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    Daniel

    watching an attack helicopter swoop in out of nowhere, and fly sideways, while keeping parallel to a vehicle at a high rate of speed, is very cool.

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    Daniel

    Sounds like a cool job. In town for the Super Bowl, then swooping in after. Sure beats yard work.

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    Andy T

    Not much different than flying a helicopter for medical purposes. Except you don’t got to be concerned about getting shot at.

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    Andy T

    There are a lot of shoulder fired type weapons in Venezuela.