How a Night Stalker pilot survived being shot down in Iraq and teamed up with Delta Force to go after the shooter | Business Insider
December 17, 2021
MissionDecember 20, 2021
The Night Stalkers, formed after the failures of Operation Eagle Claw, have participated in nearly every major military operation since their inception.
In 2004 it was accepted by a majority of observers that the military success experienced in Iraq during the previous year would not hold. The Iraqi Army had deteriorated and combatants from foreign countries had poured into the country where many US and Coalition troops were still based.
Joint Special Operations Command led a rapid counterterrorism campaign wherein SOF would engage targets on a nightly basis. The Night Stalkers were counted on for a large proportion of these operations.
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