Low flying + unmarked helicopters flying over Lower Manhattan at high speeds. Rattling pretty much everyone in my building. @NY1NYTonight @kidskathmandu pic.twitter.com/1UibTnCxqk
— Sean Vegezzi (@seanvegezzi) April 18, 2018
Warzone/The Drive: Night Stalker Choppers Freak Out Manhattan With Nighttime Low-Level Training Exercise
The training mission caused confusion and criticism as helicopters went zipping down the city's streets as part of an apparent mock raid.
Residents of lower Manhattan in New York City got a bit of a scare recently as MH-60 Black Hawk and MH-6 Little Bird helicopters from the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment went zooming between skyscrapers as part of a training exercise. But it's hardly the first time the U.S. military, and the Night Stalkers in particular, have caused a stir with similar so-called "realistic urban training" events, or RUTs.
This particular exercise occurred overnight on April 17-18, 2018 and involved at least two MH-60s and two MH-6s, likely carrying additional special operators. According to witnesses, there may have been two additional MH-6 helicopters as well. A subsequent statement from the New York Police Department said that the activities would be confined to areas around the Verrazano and Brooklyn Bridges, as well as near Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
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WNU Editor: Ten B-2 bombers flying around Middle America on Thursday, and now this exercise in lower Manhattan .... something is up.
