The Operations Archive
On the record. Declassified.
Every operation with a public footprint. Units of record, outcome of record, sources of record. Filed by The Desk.
- FILE № 001DECLASSIFIED2011 · Pakistan
Operation Neptune Spear
CIA-led operation to kill Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Executed by DEVGRU (SEAL Team Six).
Units: DEVGRU (SEAL Team Six) · 160th SOAR · CIA SAD/SOGOutcome: Osama bin Laden killed. Intelligence materials recovered.Open File - FILE № 002DECLASSIFIED2005 · Afghanistan
Operation Red Wings
Failed Navy SEAL reconnaissance mission in Kunar Province. 19 US personnel killed including 16 in QRF helicopter shootdown.
Units: SEAL Team 10 · 160th SOAR · SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1Outcome: Mission failure. 19 US servicemembers killed. Led to Operation Whalers follow-up.Open File - FILE № 003DECLASSIFIED1993 · Somalia
Operation Gothic Serpent (Black Hawk Down)
US military operation in Mogadishu to capture lieutenants of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
Units: 75th Ranger Regiment · 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force) · 160th SOAROutcome: Targets captured but mission resulted in significant casualties. Led to US withdrawal from Somalia.Open File - FILE № 004DECLASSIFIED1991 · Iraq/Kuwait
Operation Desert Storm
US-led coalition campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. 100-hour ground war.
Units: US Central Command · VII Corps · XVIII Airborne CorpsOutcome: Kuwait liberated. Iraqi military devastated. Ceasefire declared February 28, 1991.Open File - FILE № 005DECLASSIFIED1944 · France
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Largest amphibious military operation in history.
Units: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force · US 1st Army · British 2nd ArmyOutcome: Successful beachhead established. Beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.Open File