TAMPA, FL -- U.S. Special Operations Command wants to equip its fleet of rotary-wing aircraft with capabilities that allow missions to be completed more quietly, an aviation official within the command's acquisition branch told attendees yesterday at the annual SOF Week conference. Steve Smith, the program executive officer for rotary-wing aviation, pointed to the U.S.’ raid that saw the capture of then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this year as an example of a mission where special operations aviators need better...