Special Operations Aircraft

USAF Special Tactics Squadron personnel climbing a rope ladder up into a MH-53J Pavelow III helicopter
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DoD photo by: TSGT VICTOR OWENS, USAF

U.S. special operations aviation units use the following aircraft

USAF Special Operations Aircraft

• AC-130H/U Gunship
• CV-22 Osprey
• EC-130J Commando Solo
• MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II
• MC-130P Combat Shadow
• MC-130W Combat Spear
• MH-53J/M Pave Low

U.S. Army Special Operations Helicopters

• MH-60K/L/M Black Hawk
• MH-60L Direct Air Penetrator (DAP)
• AH-6 / MH-6 Little Bird
• MH-47E/G Chinook

Special Operations Aircraft - Resources

• USAF special ops aircraft photo gallery
• 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment photo gallery

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