There are three planes and one US Army MH-47 of the 160th SOAR in this stunning night picture. Can you spot them all?

October 31, 2012 Helicopters
David Cenciotti

Taken at Geronimo Landing Zone near Fort Polk, Louisiana, during Joint Readiness Training Center – Decisive Action, on Oct. 18, 2012, the following image shows a U.S. Army MH-47 Chinook belonging to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the almost legendary special ops unit of the Army that provides helicopter aviation support to special operations forces (and that was involved, probably with Stealth Chinooks, in the Osama Bin Laden raid).

However, there are at least three more aircraft (barely) visible in the same breathtaking shot.

Can you spot them all?

Image credit: U.S. Army

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

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  4. I think I see them. The light streaks coming off the rotor blades in the far left and far right center of the photo seem to be planes. Since this night shot would most require a longer exposure than a day shot, the streaks would be from the plane’s running lights as they move during the exposure. The third airplane is the streak of light to the right of the Chinook just above the horizon. Did I get this right?

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