Task Force 88 is an American special operations unit formed since 11 September 2001, of which little is publicly known. It is described as a "hunter-killer team" with its core made up of Delta Force, 75th Ranger Regiment Rangers, members of the USAF 24th Special Tactics Squadron, and Navy DEVGRU operators. The unit was reported to be responsible for both the cross border raid into Syria from Iraq in October 2008 that resulted in eight deaths including Abu Ghadiya and several US operations in the Horn of Africa targeting al Qaeda.