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History 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 Force was created in 1977 after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents led the U.S. government to develop a full-time counter-terrorism unit.
Gary L. Harrell: Retired Major General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 1998 to 2000. Served as a troop commander during invasion of Panama in 1989 and served as C Squadron Commander during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in October 1993. Paul R. Howe: Delta Force veteran of Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Gothic Serpent.
Security consultant. Charles Alvin "Charlie" Beckwith (22 January 1929 – 13 June 1994) was a career United States Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare unit of the United States Army, based on his experience serving with the British Special Air Service.
Richard James Meadows (June 16, 1931 – July 29, 1995) was a United States Army Special Forces officer who saw combat in Korea and Vietnam. He was a key figure in the Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, the rescue operation for the hostages of the Iran hostage crisis. He was a pivotal figure in the creation of the modern U.S. Army Special Forces.
Paul R. Howe (Delta Force) was the leader of the assault team that went in to rescue Army Rangers and Delta Force members. Howe was first to arrive on the scene of the downed Black Hawk. He later consulted for Mark Bowden's 1999 book Black Hawk Down: A History of Modern War. Film
Delta Force Operators can be seen in front of 1st BDE 101st A/B DIV soldiers wearing MICH TC-2002. Beginning of Delta Force operations in Iraq. Delta Force fulfilled several important roles in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. C Squadron (known as "Wolverines"), accompanied by several Air Force Special Tactics teams, a Delta intelligence and targeting ...
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit is a 2002 memoir written by Eric L. Haney about his experiences as a founding special forces operator in the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (also known as Delta Force) the U.S. Army 's counterterrorist unit. Haney recounts the formation and early ...
Delta Force is a series of first-person shooter video games by NovaLogic created in 1998. They are often included in the sub-genre labeled " tactical shooters ". NovaLogic was the primary developer and license holder of the franchise until the acquisition of its assets by THQ Nordic on October 31, 2016.