For their participation in four different operations between 2019 and 2022, members of the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers, were recognized during a 16 February 2023 ceremony at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell. The storied unit provides aviation support to special operators throughout the U.S. military, and has participated in high-stakes missions such as the 2011 Abbottabad, Pakistan raid in which Osama Bin Laden was killed.
On 24 February 2023, the United States Navy (USN) made public its determination that a 2022 accident involving one of the service’s F-35C Lightning II fighter jets was occasioned by a junior flight officer’s failure to complete a requisite landing checklist during a specialized maneuver.
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