2015 Hawija prison raid

2015 Hawija prison raid
	Part of the broader US-led intervention in Iraq against ISIL and Operation Inherent Resolve in the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Date	22 October 2015
Location	Hawija, Iraq35°23′16″N 43°46′25″E / 35.38775058407929°N 43.77349141047333°E
Result	U.S.-Kurdish victory; 70 hostages freed; Prison destroyed;
Belligerents
United States; Kurdistan Region;	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler	Unknown
Units involved
JSOC Delta Force; 160th SOAR(A); ; KRSC Counter Terrorism Department (CTD); ;	Military of the Islamic State
Strength
30 Delta Force operators; 48 CTD operators; 3 CH-47 Chinooks; 2-3 UH-60 Black Hawks (CAS); 2 F-15E Strike Eagle; Surveillance Drones;	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 U.S. service member killed; 3-4 CTD operators injured;	20 ISIS terrorists killed; 6 ISIS terrorists detained;
	The prison's location within Iraq, part of the disputed regions, and outside the Kurdistan Region

The 2015 Hawija prison raid or Hawija operation was a joint special operations mission carried out by the U.S. Army's Delta Force, 160th SOAR(A) and the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Hawija, Iraq, with the objective of rescuing prisoners held by the Islamic State (ISIS).

The raid is believed to be the first to be launched inside Iraq since US troops returned to the country following the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq in 2007–2011.