In October 2015, a joint Delta Force-Kurdish Rescue Group mounted an operation near the town of Hawija, in Northern Iraq, to free 75 hostages being held in an IS prison. Using official reports, original footage and accounts from those who were there, we piece together one of the largest hostage rescue operations ever conducted in Military History.
This video is dedicated to the memory of Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler.
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Documentary Chapters
00:00 – Introduction & Build-up
03:42 – The Raid
11:38 – Aftermath
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Outstanding. Proud to have served in the Kurdish Air Force. Zor Spas Bram!
type of shit that makes you want to dedicate your whole life to this type of craft
Biji Kurdistan and thanks to our friends for your help and sacrifices ❤️
PVT – "OK when we get into the compound, why do I need to grope the balls of every prisoner?"
SSGT – "You are just lucky I guess"
Interesting, and an example of US double standard. Here, "our Kurdish partners", while normally it's "our Turkish NATO allies". There's still no Kurdish state, and Turkey is still blocking Swedish NATO membershi, on basis of Swedish sympathy toward the Kurds…..
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Delta proving again who's the best Tier 1 operators in the world!!
Respect to U.S.A and Kurdistan.
They went in for one and saved 75. 🇺🇸
6:39 tactical pee pee grab/check on all these prisoners. Lol.
Enjoy ALL of your videos. Thanks!
I have so much appreciation for this youtube channel. I learn about the sacrifice of so many brave individuals through this channel. I would call it one of the most important on youtube. Thank you for what you do.
Thank you for covering this
Not sure why but Wheeler should’ve been awarded the medal of honor too
LOL
One thing u missed is the freed Arabs pledging allegiance to Kurdistan an USA in an interview. One other thing the operation was done by CTU not CTG, basically CTU operates in Erbil/Hawler while CTG operates in Sulaymaniyah/slemani, God bless Kurdistan and USA.
this is the stuff that makes me proud to be an American. Those people knew they were going to be executed that day, they were praying for divine intervention, and they got it. Via Delta force, and Kurds with balls of steel. Rest in peace Master Sergeant Wheeler you went out like a hero.
Shame to see what our great country became with Biden in charge yup sad
Memorial Day respect for all of our honored fallen brothers. 🇺🇲✝️
Talk about a group of people who have earned a country of their own… (The Kurds)
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True hero's!! This channel is so important. God Bless 🙏. We should never forget, or be doomed to the past mistakes.
True hero's!! This channel is so important. God Bless 🙏. We should never forget, or be doomed to the past mistakes.
True hero's!! This channel is so important. God Bless 🙏. We should never forget, or be doomed to the past mistakes.
Other prisioners werent so lucky and nobody came to their resue
Shared this video with another member of the SFA (SF Assoc). This is a great example of an excellent plan extremely well executed..
RIP MSGT. Wheeler. Made the ultimate sacrifice without any hesitation to save his teammates and the prisoners. Also major props to Sgt. Payne for taking the initiative to engage targets to get the mission done.
SFOD-D is 1980/90’s term c’mon stop using it
Just how you tell the story's gives me a boner. You are awesome
🇺🇸 ALWAYS SEEMS TO LEAD THE WAY!
Ah yes the Kurds are the people Trump abandoned for not storming the beaches of Normandy.
75 hostages rescued. That's insane and a hellova job.
Wheeler is hunting demons in the afterlife. I imagine a face like that would scare the Devil himself.
Im very familiar with this mission. Through research it was a shtf moment as soon as they touched down. Sgt. Wheeler being such a badass took charge and got them inside the wall to secure objective.
Ive seen pictures of Sgt. Wheeler fresh in the military up to the point almost of this operation and the change in his face and especially the eyes tells a story! RIP a true hero!
MSG Wheeler God bless and rest in peace brother!!
I was honored to have served with Josh when we were both E-4's. He was always hardcore. Didn't know how to quit. I love you Brother, rest in peace.
As a kurd i thank ur service guys respect 🫡
Missions of SFOD-D never fail to amaze me. True warriors, true hero's
All the Delta guys are incredibly brave and rarely get awarded so as to not give their identities or sensitive mission info that the public will never know, Wheeler should’ve received a higher level medal, the service cross or the MOH like SGM Payne, without Wheeler taking decisive action and sacrificing himself there would’ve been a very different outcome most likely! To have 30 of them on the ground on the same mission you know they will be stacking bodies.
The Americans were there to be a backup but took the lead when things went south. Heroes
Incredible bravery from Wheeler and Payne! I’m awe struck.
Having been on many missions inside Iraq & Afghanistan I wonder how high the pucker factor was of the prisoners? When I was in Iraq in 06-08 I can tell you the AQI was particularly brutal
tRump forced the military to betray our Kurkish allies.
Intense stuff. Thanks for sharing this. RIP Master Sergeant Wheeler
Bad to the bone. RIP Wheeler.
Ive been commenting for this video since your early videos! Lets gooo
Payne and Wheeler are fucking legends, giving up their lives so more can live is the highest form of bravery you can think of.
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God Bless Sgt Payne. God Bless America
I love your work