The Battle of Mogadishu, also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States
Super Six-Four, one of the Black Hawks shot down, above Mogadishu
Mogadishu skyline from a UNOSOM convoy
Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment in Somalia, 1993
Chalk Four Ranger returns to base after a mission in Somalia, 1993.
The Somali National Alliance was a major politico-military faction formed on 16 June 1992 by four different rebel groups that had been in opposition to the regime of former president Mohamed Siad Barr
A UNOSOM II propaganda leaflet depicting a Somali National Alliance fist crushing a dove that spells "PEACE" in Somali