Alan C. Mack

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The Megyn Kelly Show · Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324 · 25 May 2026 podcast

And the idea is, remember, what was his name?

Bobby Hall was infamous for, he flew across the border, him and his co-pilot, and they got shot down by North Korea.

And he was held for a little while and eventually released.

But that's what that's responsible for, is to teach guys what to look for and what to know to turn around.

That, you know, it's kind of a little bit of irony there that the 160th was involved in that because the 160th was invented because of the Iran hostage crisis, right?

So Operation Eagle Claw, which was a failure in Desert One when the helicopter flew into the refueling tanker on the ground, blew up.

President Carter aborted it.

Everybody came back.

And, you know, it's all over the news.

You know, a tactical mission now is a strategic failure because

So what they did is they reformed the entire task force and created the 160th out of that.

And the second hostage rescue attempt wasn't required because President Reagan came in, they released the hostages, and everybody stood down.

But what they decided was that they would keep the Army Rotorooing Soft Special Operations Forces intact, and that was the 160th.

So, formed from the ashes of Desert One, they go into Iran to rescue this guy doing their mission, and they did well.

They ran into some problems, as you will, but there's always contingencies, and they had contingencies.

You know, the...

the environmental conditions are usually more dangerous than the threat, you know?

So running into the mountain, the weather, you know, that kind of stuff, because there's no weather reporting out there.

So you're kind of making an educated guess based on the overhead assets and stuff.

But, you know, they are penetrating some pretty hefty enemy air defense, you know, because I think the Blackhawks, the Air Force Blackhawks were shot at the day before with man pads, heat-seeking missiles.

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