Night Stalkers
E29149
Night Stalkers is the nickname of the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, renowned for its highly specialized nighttime helicopter operations in support of special forces.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Night Stalkers canonical | 6 |
| Night Stalkers Don't Quit | 3 |
| Night Stalkers, Quiet Professionals | 1 |
| Nightstalkers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227639 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Night Stalkers Context triple: [160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, nickname, Night Stalkers]
-
A.
Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
-
B.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
-
C.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
-
D.
Ranger Creed
The Ranger Creed is the guiding ethos and warrior code that defines the values, discipline, and combat mindset of United States Army Rangers.
-
E.
Mystic Massacre
Mystic Massacre was a pivotal and brutal 1637 attack during the Pequot War in which English colonists and their Native allies destroyed a fortified Pequot village, killing hundreds and effectively breaking Pequot resistance in New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Night Stalkers Target entity description: Night Stalkers is the nickname of the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, renowned for its highly specialized nighttime helicopter operations in support of special forces.
-
A.
Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
-
B.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
-
C.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
-
D.
Ranger Creed
The Ranger Creed is the guiding ethos and warrior code that defines the values, discipline, and combat mindset of United States Army Rangers.
-
E.
Mystic Massacre
Mystic Massacre was a pivotal and brutal 1637 attack during the Pequot War in which English colonists and their Native allies destroyed a fortified Pequot village, killing hundreds and effectively breaking Pequot resistance in New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military unit
ⓘ
regiment ⓘ special operations aviation unit ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
160th SOAR
ⓘ
surface form:
160th SOAR(A)
|
| aircraftOperated |
AH-6 Little Bird
ⓘ
MH-47 Chinook ⓘ AH-6 Little Bird ⓘ
surface form:
MH-6 Little Bird
MH-60 Black Hawk ⓘ MQ-1C Gray Eagle ⓘ
surface form:
MQ-1C Gray Eagle (in some elements)
|
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
Global War on Terrorism
ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Gothic Serpent ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Just Cause ⓘ Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateFormed | 1981 ⓘ |
| decoratedWith | multiple unit commendations ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Task Force 158 ⓘ |
| garrison | Fort Campbell, Kentucky ⓘ |
| motto | Night Stalkers Don’t Quit ⓘ |
| nickname | Night Stalkers self-link ⓘ |
| notableCapability |
all-weather night vision operations
ⓘ
precision insertion and extraction in hostile environments ⓘ terrain-following flight using advanced avionics ⓘ |
| notableOperation | support to Operation Neptune Spear ⓘ |
| officialName |
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
ⓘ
surface form:
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
|
| operationalControl | U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Special Operations Command
|
| role |
aerial reconnaissance
ⓘ
aerial refueling (helicopter-to-helicopter) ⓘ close air support ⓘ helicopter assault ⓘ infiltration and exfiltration of special operations forces ⓘ special operations aviation ⓘ |
| specialization |
long-range helicopter missions
ⓘ
low-level flight ⓘ nighttime operations ⓘ support to special operations forces ⓘ |
| supportsUnitType |
75th Ranger Regiment
ⓘ
Delta Force ⓘ Naval Special Warfare units ⓘ Special Forces Branch ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Special Forces
|
| trainingRequirement | rigorous selection and qualification course ⓘ |
| typeOf | airborne regiment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Night Stalkers Description of subject: Night Stalkers is the nickname of the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, renowned for its highly specialized nighttime helicopter operations in support of special forces.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.