Hundreds of people came together to honor the thousands of men and women who sacrificed themselves for our country on ...

The film centers on a Task Force Ranger mission to capture two key lieutenants of a Somali warlord, Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The mission quickly spirals into a deadly battle when two Black Hawk ...

In 1993, a military operation was conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia with the goal of capturing two lieutenants of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Known as Operation Gothic Serpent, it became a rescue ...

The operation's goal was to capture General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the leader of the Somali National Alliance in the wake of the overthrow of the Barre regime and the Somali Civil War. On October 3 ...

and Delta Force personnel sought to seize the lieutenants of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by Somali militia, transforming an apparently simple mission ...

United Nations peacekeepers were sent into the country, but soon found themselves clashing with Somali National Alliance leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The US military launched Operation Gothic ...

On the day Durant was taken as a prisoner of war, Oct. 3, 1993, a U.S. task force was sent to Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) ...

Though Black Hawk Down is a fictionalized account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the real American soldiers and Somalis who survived the deadly crash have their own harrowing tales to tell.

Throughout Surviving Black Hawk Down, a figure known as Mohamed Farrah Aidid is referenced several times, with his life and role in the Somali Civil War being touched on. Interviewees mention that ...

U.S. forces, attempting to bring down Somali National Alliance (SNA) Leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid, embarked on a mission in the capital city of Mogadishu to capture some of Aidid’s top aides.