In early April 2026, a combat search and rescue operation was conducted by the United States Department of Defense to recover two crew members of an McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle of the 494th F
An F-15E Strike Eagle of the 494th Fighter Squadron, similar to the aircraft shot down
The Dena range of mountains, a sub-range of the Zagros Mountains, separating Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province from Isfahan province, forming part of the search area
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The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta, also known as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group, or within Joint Special Operations Command as Task Force Green, is a special operations force
2026 United States F-15E rescue operation in Iran
…ft) 14 mi (23 km) north of Shahreza city in southern Isfahan as a temporary forward operating base, which was operated and protected by operators from Delta Force, while Iran offered a reward of approximately US$60,000 for information leading to the airman. The U.S. forces, which included Air Force special tactics…
Delta Force's founder Charles Beckwith in 1980
Delta Force bodyguards in civilian clothing providing close protection to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War, 1991
Delta C Squadron, Mogadishu, Somalia, September 1993
An example of the "Code of the Special Forces Operator", dated 1959. This example pre-dates Delta.