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,

THEY came in under cover of darkness, smashed Venezuela’s air defences, and lifted a dictator out of his bedroom in minutes. When the United States decided to take down Nicolás Maduro, Delta Force

President Donald Trump said no personnel were killed in the attack on Venezuela, dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve.”

The tactically precise operation successfully extracted Mr. Maduro with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the U.

The United States launched a significant military strike in Venezuela, spotting President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Explosions were reported in Caracas and surrounding regions, as Delta Force executed the high-risk operation.

In the early 1980s, the recently formed Delta Force participated in its first hostage-rescue operation. Delta has become the US's go-to hostage-rescue force, but during its first outing, the Unit's operators were just observers. In the early 1980s, when ...