What are these sensors (or lights) on this heavy assault Chinook MH-47G of the US 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, "Night Stalkers"?
Source, picture by Russell Hill
This regiment was the subject of Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down.
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1$\begingroup$ Well... they featured in it but that movie is really about the Rangers. $\endgroup$ – Gaius Jul 7 at 13:28
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$\begingroup$ @Gaius: You're right, the Black Hawks from the 160th SOAR were used to support the Ranger task force. $\endgroup$ – mins Jul 7 at 14:36
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Those sensors are part of the AN/AVR-2A Laser Warning System. Here is a closeup of the system components.
The AN/AVR-2A is a passive laser warning system which receives, processes and displays threat information resulting from aircraft illumination by laser designators, range finders and beam riding missiles. ... The AN/AVR-2A LDS consists of one interface unit comparator and four identical sensor units.; image from thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com
These sensors are installed on the MH-47G Chinook, as given in americanspecialops.com
Defensive systems
Common Missile Warning System (CMWS)
Suite Of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasures (SIRFC)
AN/AVR-2b Laser Warning System
XM216 Dark Flares (invisible to naked eye)
