{"id":62773,"date":"2026-01-08T21:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62773"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:31:46","slug":"the-return-of-the-black-hawk-helicopters-that-participated-in-the-capture-of-nicolas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/08\/the-return-of-the-black-hawk-helicopters-that-participated-in-the-capture-of-nicolas-maduro\/","title":{"rendered":"The return of the Black Hawk helicopters that participated in the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The units that participated in Operation Absolute Resolution, the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, continue to return to their bases.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/07\/official-photos-of-us-military-aircraft-returning-from-the-capture-of-maduro\/\">Official photos of US military aircraft returning from the capture of Maduro<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/05\/26\/the-special-operations-helicopters-of-the-united-states-armys-night-stalkers\/\">The special operations helicopters of the United States Army's 'Night Stalkers'<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/03\/the-united-states-launches-its-attack-against-the-nicolas-maduro-dictatorship-in-venezuela\/\">As I already told you on January 3rd<\/a>, the same day as the capture of the Venezuelan dictator and drug trafficker, <strong>one of the participating units was the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) \"Night Stalkers\" of the U.S. Army<\/strong>, a well-known unit with extensive experience in the most sensitive operations of the U.S. Armed Forces. Let's remember that <strong>this was the aviation unit that carried out the raid to eliminate Bin Laden in Pakistan<\/strong>, transporting Navy SEALs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55030774546_33458c8c07_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55030774546_fec1a7b7de_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A Night Stalkers MH-60M Black Hawk tactical transport helicopter during night training (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Go160thSOAR\/photos_by\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) Recruiting Team<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/05\/26\/the-special-operations-helicopters-of-the-united-states-armys-night-stalkers\/\">Last year we already saw the helicopters used by the Night Stalkers here.<\/a> <strong>These aircraft are characterized by being painted completely matte black<\/strong>, unlike other US Army helicopters, which use the color <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalemates.com\/colors\/ak-3rd-generation-air--978\/ak-11872-us-army-helo-drab-fs-34031-acrylic-matt--33549\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FS34031 Aircraft Green<\/a> (a dark olive green, in the case of the UH-60 Black Hawk and others). medium and light helicopters) or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalemates.com\/colors\/hataka-hobby-orange-line--685\/c069-woodland-desert-sage-fs34201-acrylic-lacquer-matt--18745\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FS34201 Woodland Desert Sage<\/a> (a color similar to the khaki used by the CH-47F Chinook).<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55030959498_ccfa2cab52_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55030959498_63e0ab9f9c_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A Night Stalkers MH-60M Black Hawk tactical transport helicopter during a fast-rope assault exercise (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Go160thSOAR\/photos_by\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) Recruiting Team<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>This morning, the YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Epicaviation47\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EpicAviation47-Helicopter King<\/a> posted a video showing <strong>five Night Stalkers MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters at Gwinnett County Airport in Georgia<\/strong>. These aircraft were filmed on January 7 at the civilian facility upon their arrival from Florida for a refueling stop. The video's author notes that <strong>the helicopters used radio call signs Tromp61, Tromp62, Tromp63, Tromp64, and Tromp65<\/strong>. <em>\"According to aviation monitoring, flight tracking data, and multiple reports, <strong>these aircraft are the same MH-60M Black Hawks linked to the recent Venezuela operation<\/strong>\"<\/em>, the video description states.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MH-60M Blackhawks Linked to Venezuela Operation | Insane Up-Close Landings &amp; Takeoffs\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eyRPuMt5Fck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another feature that distinguishes the Black Hawks of the Night Stalkers from other helicopters of the same model is that <strong>they are equipped with refueling probes on the starboard side of the aircraft<\/strong>, allowing them to refuel in flight during their missions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/07\/official-photos-of-us-military-aircraft-returning-from-the-capture-of-maduro\/\">The two USAF HC-130J Combat King IIs that we saw here yesterday<\/a>, parked at Jos\u00e9 Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, were probably deployed to support the MH-60M and MH-47G Chinook heavy helicopters of the Night Stalkers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55030774556_8b2cd9a7bf_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55030774556_4e05de0c8b_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">Two Night Stalkers Black Hawk helicopters during an in-flight refueling with a USAF HC-130J Combat King II (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Go160thSOAR\/photos_by\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) Recruiting Team<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><strong>It should be noted that the Night Stalkers' MH-60s are also certified to operate from ships<\/strong>, so these aircraft could have operated from one of the naval units deployed by the U.S. Navy in the Caribbean Sea. <strong>The U.S. government is usually very secretive when discussing the operations of this unit<\/strong>, so its participation in this operation has not even been confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55031111045_8ef3b101cf_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55031111045_bb37523a5b_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A Night Stalkers MH-60L Black Hawk tactical transport helicopter on the flight deck of a U.S. Navy ship (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Go160thSOAR\/photos_by\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) Recruiting Team<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>An interesting fact is that <strong>on June 11, 2025, Donald Trump attended a special operations demonstration at Fort Bragg, California, featuring the Night Stalkers<\/strong>, among other units. This exercise could have been a rehearsal for the operation carried out on January 3 to capture Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. <strong>You can see images of that demonstration in this video published today by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@flybywire-aviation\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fly By Wire Aviation<\/a>, which shows MH-60M Black Hawk and MH-47G Chinook helicopters of the Night Stalkers:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Donald Trump le ense\u00f1aron como iban a capturar a Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3pNZGJrX79Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Epicaviation47\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EpicAviation47-Helicopter King<\/a>. An MH-60M of the Night Stalkers filmed on January 7 at Gwinnett County Airport, Georgia.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The units that participated in Operation Absolute Resolution, the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, continue to return to their bases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,17021],"tags":[14304,2049,26076,6548,26049,6182,10431,318,159],"class_list":["post-62773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-special-forces","tag-160th-special-operations-aviation-regiment-airborne","tag-georgia","tag-gwinnett-county-airport","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-operation-absolute-resolution","tag-sikorsky-uh-60-black-hawk","tag-united-states","tag-us-army","tag-venezuela"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-15 06:06:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}