Delta Force in popular culture

The US-Army special mission unit commonly known as Delta Force has been portrayed often in popular culture in novels, films, television, and games.

Delta Force soldiers pictured deep behind Iraqi lines during the 1991 Gulf War

Books

  • Several Chris Ryan novels, though told from the POV of Special Air Service troopers, make casual references to Delta Force. In one of the books, the main protagonist has an acquaintance who is a former Delta Operator working with the CIA. This is plausible, as Delta Force and the SAS often work in tandem.
  • In the novel Ice Hunt by James Rollins, Delta Force is a major antagonist, trying to wipe out the entire ice base. Given the Drift is a naval post, a team would most likely be a SEAL Team, not Delta, however it is not impossible for Delta to be involved.
  • In the novel Deception Point by Dan Brown, Delta Force plays a major antagonist role.
  • The book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, describes the real-life attempt by Delta Force and the US Army Rangers to capture a Somalian warlord, Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Much of the Delta portions are based on the accounts of Paul Howe.
  • In the novel By Order of the President by W.E.B. Griffin, Delta Force plays a significant role.
  • In the novel The Day Before Midnight by Stephen Hunter, several major characters are Delta Force members. The leader of Delta Force in the novel is a man named Richard Puller, who bears many similarities to Charlie Beckwith.
  • In several of the Vince Flynn novels, Delta Force works with CIA operative Mitch Rapp.
  • In the Alex Berenson novel The Shadow Patrol Delta Force plays a significant role and a Delta sniper is one of the main antagonists.
  • In the novel Mission Compromised, Delta Force plays an important role. The main character is a former member and the task force he commands is made up of many Delta members.
  • In the book Kill Bin Laden, author "Dalton Fury" (pen name) factually recounts the Battle of Tora Bora and hunt for bin Laden from the perspective of a Unit assault troop commander.
  • In the Tom Clancy novel Rainbow Six, some of the Rainbow operatives are former Delta operators.
  • In the Jeremy Robinson novels Pulse and Instinct a team of Delta Force operatives are the main protagonists.
  • In the Brad Thor novel The Athena Project Delta Force's Operational Support Troop provides most of the protagonists.
  • In the Stephen Coonts novel Wages of Sin, Joe Billy Dunn, Tommy Carmellini's colleague-turned-nemesis, is an ex-Delta Force Operator.
  • In the Tom Clancy novel Command Authority one of the main characters, Barry "Midas" Jankowski, is a member of Combat Applications Group (Delta Force), and leads several AFO-Delta-Teams in the fight against Russian troops and mafiosi.
  • In the Tom Clancy novel True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney, ex-Delta Operator Barry "Midas" Jankowski gets recruited for the highly secretive intelligence unit named "The Campus". He also appears in the following Tom Clancy novels set in the Jack Ryan Jr. Universe.
  • In his book Drone Warrior, Brett Velicovich describes his time as a member of a small element within Delta, which is specialized in search and kill missions using UAV's.
  • In the novel series Bourne, his protagonist David Webb is an ex-Delta assassin.

Film

Television

  • In the television series War of the Worlds from 1988, one of the main characters, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ironhorse (Richard Chaves), is a Cherokee Vietnam veteran and Delta Force special forces officer. He is in command of a Delta team that provide security and tactical support for the Blackwood Project task-force fighting the aliens.
  • In the television series 24, agent Jack Bauer is noted to have previously been a member of Delta Force and achieved the rank of Captain. Delta Force also plays a key role in the third season of 24.
  • The CBS television show The Unit centers around a fictionalized Army special operations unit based on Delta Force. It is based on the book Inside Delta Force (ISBN 0440237335) by the show's producer Eric Haney, who is a former Delta operator.
  • The television show Army Wives features a character, Chase Moran, the husband of Pamela Moran, who is frequently deployed with Delta Force.
  • Michael Westen, from the TV show Burn Notice, has mentioned himself as an ex-Delta Force operator.
  • In the Cinemax TV series Strike Back, one of the main characters Damian Scott is an ex-Delta Force operator who was dishonorably discharged for possessing drugs. It was later discovered that it was part of a framing due to Scott's question of WMDs in Iraq.
  • Several characters in the television series Nikita are ex Delta Operators.
  • In the television series Intelligence one of the main characters is an ex-Delta Force operator. Also some of the recurring cast are also operators.
  • In the 2016 reboot of MacGyver Jack Dalton is a former Delta Force soldier.
  • In the television show NCIS: Los Angeles, two episodes involve Delta Force as a key storyline. In season 6, episode 5, the team attempts to track down a rogue Delta unit. Early in the series, during season 2, the eighth episode features the team investigating the apparent murder of a Delta Force operator who retired the same day.
  • In the 2016 television show Colony, some of the bodyguards are ex-Delta Force.
  • In the 2016 TV series Timeless Wyatt Logan is a U.S. Army Delta Force operative on the "Lifeboat" team.
  • In the 2017 The CW TV Series Valor shows a team of Delta operators on the rescue team including Sgt Adam Coogan, played by Bryan Craig.
  • In the 2017 NBC TV Series The Brave, main character Captain Adam Dalton is referenced to be a former Delta Force operator.

Video games

  • Delta Force series which spawned nine sequels.
  • In F.E.A.R., the player is assisted throughout most of the game by Delta Force operatives. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin puts the player in the role of Delta Force operative Sergeant Michael Beckett.
  • In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, several missions feature Delta Force; in most of them, the player assumes the role of Sgt. Derek "Frost" Westbrook, codenamed "Metal 0-4", a Delta Force operator. Players also assume the roles of Delta operators in Spec Ops mission and survival games modes, and some multiplayer maps.
  • According to his bio in Call of Duty Modern Warfare, the playable character “Alex” was a member of Delta Force before joining the CIA.
  • In Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, the main character Frank Hayden and his squads are from the 1st-SFOD-Delta team.
  • Crysis - Team Raptor was a Delta Force Unit outfitted with Nanosuits as well as main character Nomad.
  • Medal of Honor (2010 video game) - AFO Wolfpack's members were Delta Force operators as well as playable character Deuce.
  • Medal of Honor Warfighter featured returning AFO Wolfpack member Dusty, now an ex-Delta operator working with the CIA's Special Activities Division.
  • Spec Ops: The Line. The game centers on Cpt. Martin Walker who leads a three-man Delta Force team to recon a post-natural disaster Dubai.
  • Resident Evil heroine Jill Valentine was trained in Delta Force, gaining hand-to-hand combat and weaponry training, specializing in bomb disposal, before being scouted for the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (STARS). She would eventually go on to become a founding member and field operative for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA).
  • In the final mission of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, a Delta Force Sniper Team assists Sam Fisher and Fourth Echelon in eliminating terrorist leader Majid Sadiq's men before they can escape the airport with the hostages.
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow also features Delta Force carrying out a hostage rescue operation at The American Embassy in Dili, East Timor.
  • Chris Jacobs, a playable character in the Mercenaries series, is a former member of Delta Force.
  • In the first two games of the Conflict series, Conflict: Desert Storm and Conflict: Desert Storm II (both set during the Gulf War), the player can choose to control either a Delta Force or British SAS squad.
  • In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Delta Force member Maverick is a playable Operator. He was introduced together with the Scotland Yard officer Clash in the Year 3 Season 3 update "Grim Sky" in mid-2018.

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