Delta Force - Notable Operations

• 1980 - Iran - Operation Eagle Claw
  Delta's 1st mission, the attempt to rescue American civilians from Iran, ended in disaster at remote desert air strip in the Iranian desert.
  
  
• 1983 - Grenada - Operation Urgent Fury
  
  
• 1989 - Panama - Operation Acid Gambit
  A daring Delta/160th SOAR rescue mission frees an American held in a Panamanian prison
  
  
• 1991 - Kuwait / Iraq - Operation Desert Storm
  Delta Force operated behind enemy lines, hunting Saddam's SCUD launchers.
  
  
• 1993 - Somalia - Operation Restore Hope / Gothic Serpent
  Delta, along with the Rangers and 160th SOAR, hunted for rebel leadership in the war-torn African nation.
  
  
• Mid-nineities - The Balkans
  Delta Force joined the hunt for Serbian war criminals in the aftermath of the war in the former Yugoslavia
  
  
• 2001 - Operation Enduring Freedom
  Delta Force lead the hunt for top Taliban and Al Qaeda figures as part of America's response to 9/11
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• 2003 - Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom
  Delta Force inserted coverlty into Iraq to pin point targets for air strikes
  read more : Delta Force - Baghdad airstrike
  They also swooped on suspected WMD sites
  reade more : Delta Force - Al Qadisiyah
  
  
• 2003 - Iraq - Saddam Hussein Captured
  Delta take Saddam into custody in a bloodless but superbly-handled operation
  read more : Delta Force capture Saddam Hussein
  
  
• 2004 - Iraq - Hostage Rescue Operation
  Delta rescue Italian and Polish hostages from kidnappers in Iraq
  read more : Iraq hostage rescue