The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for general purpose forces and Special Operations Forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and are usually conducted at night, at high speeds, low altitudes, and on short notice.The 160th SOAR (A) are also known as the Night Stalkers and their motto is Night Stalkers Don't Quit.

Aufgabe des 160th SOAR ist der Transport und die Kampf- und Logistikunterstützung bei sämtlichen Missionsprofilen der US-Sondereinsatzkräfte (Special Operations Forces, SOF). Zu den Nutzern gehören die Rangers, die SEALs, die Green Berets und die Delta Force. Das Akronym SOAR wurde in Anlehnung an das englische Verb „to soar“ gewählt, was in etwa „lautlos dahinschweben“ (sich erheben) bedeutet und den Auftrag des Regiments sehr treffend beschreibt.

In October 1993 in Somalia, Night Stalkers became involved in the Battle of Mogadishu, which later became the subject of the book Black Hawk Down, and its film adaptation. Two Night Stalker Black Hawks, Super 6-1 (piloted by Cliff Wolcott), and Super 6-4 (piloted by Mike Durant), were shot down in the battle. Five of the eighteen men killed (not counting a nineteenth post-operation casualty) in the Battle of Mogadishu were members of the SOAR(A) Night Stalkers team, who were lost along with the two Black Hawks.