This real world footage of the gunning down of two MH-60 Blackhawks in Mogadishu, Somalia happened on this day in 1993. The harrowing events to follow would inspire the movie "Black Hawk Down." Task Force RANGER was sent to capture warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed. Six missions into the capital were a tactical success, the seventh resulted in the two downed helicopters forcing a rescue operation. Facing an overwhelming Somali mob overrunning the crashed helicopter sites, the task force more than he

This actual footage of two MH-60 Blackhawks being shot down in Mogadishu, Somalia, took place on Oct. 3, 1993. The events that took place in Mogadishu on Oct. 3 and 4, 1993, were later chronicled in the book “Black Hawk Down,” which became the movie of the same name. Task Force RANGER was a joint special operations task force sent to capture Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed. By the beginning of October 1993, the task force had successfully conducted six missions in the capital. During the se