Maduro, Venezuela and Delta Force
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The U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was carried out by the Army’s elite Delta Force and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers, according to current and former officials.
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The "Night Stalkers": How US special forces got in and out of Venezuela
The “Night Stalkers” are an elite helicopter unit trained to quickly and stealthily enter and exit contested areas—ideal for Saturday’s operation targeting Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
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"Rat hunting": Ukrainian special forces video shows Russian forward observer being captured in Kupiansk
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) have reported on the capture of a Russian forward observer who was hiding in the city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast. The individual was guiding Russian strikes on Ukrainian troops.
You may have heard Special Forces and Special Operations used interchangeably, but there is actually an important difference between the two.
24/7 Wall St. on MSN
Operation Absolute Resolve and Delta Force: Inside America’s Most Secretive Missions
Over the past four decades, the United States has increasingly relied on small, elite units to handle missions that fall outside the reach of conventional warfare. Delta Force has been central to that shift,
President Donald Trump said no personnel were killed in the attack on Venezuela, dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve.”
Front strike units of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) hit Russian targets in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk Oblast on the night of 5-6 January using FP-2 strike drones.
Retired Delta Force member reveals the biggest challenge in capturing Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro wasn't the target — it was addressing the country's air defenses.
The Aviationist on MSN
The Saga of the Bella 1 and the Mysterious U.S. Special Forces Movements
As rumors swirl over the deployment of 160th SOAR aircraft to the UK as the sanctioned tanker Bella 1, or Marinera, approaches the GIUK gap, let's look at
Special operations forces offer an attractive package to policymakers: they are relatively cheap, with a small footprint, the allure of deniability, and—most crucially—a low political cost. For more than 20 years, special operations forces spearheaded ...
According to the report, leaders of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command had built a full-scale replica of Maduro's compound.