Editing Delta Force (section)

== Operations ==
{{Main|List of operations conducted by Delta Force}}
[[File:Delta-force-scud-hunters.jpg|thumb|Delta Force operators, pictured deep behind Iraqi lines during the 1991 Persian Gulf War]]

Most operations assigned to Delta are classified, but some details have become public knowledge. For service during [[Operation Urgent Fury]] (1983), the United States' invasion of Grenada, Delta was awarded the [[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]]. The unit was awarded the [[Valorous Unit Award]] for extraordinary heroism during the [[Operation Acid Gambit|Modelo Prison hostage rescue mission]] and the capture of [[Manuel Noriega]] in December 1989 during [[Operation Just Cause]] in [[Panama]]. 1st SFOD-D operators from C Squadron were also involved in [[Operation Gothic Serpent]] (1993) in Somalia. Two of those operators, [[Master sergeant#United States|MSG]] [[Gary Gordon]] and [[Sergeant first class#United States|SFC]] [[Randy Shughart]], were posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for their actions on 3 October 1993 during the [[Battle of Mogadishu (1993)|Battle of Mogadishu]].

During [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], 1st SFOD-D was awarded the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] for combat operations in Afghanistan from 4 October 2001 to 15 March 2002 and Iraq from 19 March 2003 to 13 December 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/HRC/2011/137-33_20110517_HRCMD_CC.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022170746/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/HRC/2011/137-33_20110517_HRCMD_CC.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-22 |url-status=dead |title=PERMANENT ORDERS 137-33 |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History|U.S. Army Center of Military History]] |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref>

On 26 October 2019, Delta operators accompanied by members of the [[75th Ranger Regiment]] [[Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi|conducted a raid]] on the compound of [[Islamic State]] leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], leading to his death.<ref name="wapo-isdi">{{cite news |last1=Warrick |first1=Joby |last2=Nakashima |first2=Ellen |last3=Lamothe |first3=Dan |author-link1=Joby Warrick |author-link2=Ellen Nakashima |title=Islamic State defector inside Baghdadi's hideout critical to success of raid, officials say |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/islamic-state-turncoat-inside-baghdadis-hideout-critical-to-success-of-raid-officials-say/2019/10/29/e702c2fa-fa86-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=30 October 2019 |access-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030120643/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/islamic-state-turncoat-inside-baghdadis-hideout-critical-to-success-of-raid-officials-say/2019/10/29/e702c2fa-fa86-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html |archive-date=30 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>