In the early morning hours of Saturday, the US military conducted a special operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.  

Spearheaded by the Army’s elite Delta Force, the operation was successful. Maduro and his spouse appeared before a federal judge on Monday, pleading not guilty to charges of drug trafficking.

More than 150 military aircraft were involved in the operation. However, it was a small number of special operations helicopters and crews that made the successful mission possible.  

The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers, inserted and extracted the Delta Force assault force that captured Maduro and his wife. The special operations aviators also provided close air support to the ground force by suppressing Venezuelan military positions that threatened the operation.  

The 160th SOAR is the best fixed-wing special operations unit in the world. Indeed, Night Stalkers pride themselves that they can deliver their........

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