Task Force 88
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Task Force 88 may refer to:
- Operation ArgusOperation ArgusOperation Argus was a series of nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted during August and September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean by the United States's Defense Nuclear Agency, in conjunction with the Explorer 4 space mission. Operation Argus was conducted between the...
: 1950s nuclear weapons test program - Task Force 88 (anti-terrorist unit)Task Force 88 (anti-terrorist unit)Task Force 88 is an American special operations unit formed since 11 September 2001, of which little is publicly known. Described as a "hunter-killer team" with its core made up of Delta Force, 75th Ranger Regiment Rangers and DEVGRU operators, Task Force 88 reportedly conducts covert operations...
: c.2007 onwards U.S. Joint Special Operations Command high-value target strike unit, Iraq/Afghanistan etc - Task Force 88 (Operation Dragoon)Task Force 88 (Operation Dragoon)Task Force 88 was the escort carrier force, commanded by Rear-Admiral T H Troubridge, that supported Operation Dragoon, the allied invasion of southern France. It was activated in August 1944, and dispersed on 29 August when the carrier force departed to operate in the Aegean.The TF88 was a mixed...
: Escort carrier force that participated in Operation Dragoon in 1944