![]() He later (2014) volunteered for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and flew MH-47G Chinooks. After completing Warrant Officer Flight Training he was assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska to a UH-60 Black Hawk unit. He was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a combat engineer. The Taliban issued a statement that it had downed the aircraft causing multiple fatalities which RS HQs quickly denied. The RS HQs also noted that the aircraft was not downed by enemy fire. ![]() He was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.Īccording to Resolute Support HQs in Kabul six other service members were injured in the crash and had or were receiving medical treatment. ![]() The 160th SOAR is also known as the ‘Nightstalkers’. Sims, age 36, was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The crash took place in Logar province, Afghanistan.Ĭhief Warrant Officer Jacob M. ĬWO Jacob Sims, of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) died on Friday, October 27th as a result of injuries sustained in a helicopter crash. CWO Jacob Sims of the 160th Special Operations Air Regiment (SOAR) died in a helicopter crash on.
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