page_title: List of operations conducted by Delta Force
section_title: Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
hierarchical_section_title: List of operations conducted by Delta Force / Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
caption_attribution_description: A Delta Force soldier in civilian clothing protects General Norman Schwarzkopf druring a visiot of Operation Desert Storm
context_page_description: This is an incomplete list of operations conducted by Delta Force.
context_section_description: Delta was deployed during Desert Storm to the region and tasked with a number of responsibilities. These included supporting regular army units that were providing close protection detail for General Norman Schwarzkopf in Saudi Arabia. Army relations officers tried to play down Schwarzkopf's growing number of bodyguards. Delta was tasked with hunting for SCUD missiles alongside the British Special Air Service and other coalition special forces. On the last day of the ground war, Delta sniper teams located 26 SCUD missiles in western Iraq, each aimed at Israel. Armed with high-powered .50-caliber sniper rifles from as far as 3,000 yards, Delta squadrons punctured the missiles' fuel tanks and killed their crews. Had the SCUDs been launched, Saddam Hussein's last-gasp attempt at luring Israel into the conflict might have been successful. With Israel in the fight, the delicate Arab coalition opposing Hussein could have been unraveled. General Schwarzkopf who was the commander of the coalition against Saddam Hussein thanked the Delta Force with a letter sent to them which had this sentence. "You guys kept Israel out of the war!" exclaimed a grateful general Schwarzkopf.
caption: A Delta Force soldier protects General Norman Schwarzkopf.
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