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Jul 18, 2020 · Operation Gothic Serpent, conducted from August to October 1993, was launched with the primary mission of capturing warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. On the afternoon of 3 October 1993, informed that two leaders of Aidid’s clan were at a residence in central Mogadishu, TF Ranger sent 19 aircraft, 12 vehicles, and 160 men to kill or capture them.
Feb 14, 2022 · U.S. Army Soldiers with the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, observe a moment of silence to remember the fallen from Operation Gothic Serpent at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 1, 2020. The events that occurred during the operation became the basis for the book and film “Black Hawk Down.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
Those attacks changed the mission, dubbed Operation GOTHIC SERPENT, for Task Force RANGER to begin focusing on raids to capture Aidid and his top commanders. Super 61 Down On October 3 and 4, 1993, U.S. forces set out on a snatch-and-grab mission to arrest two of Aidid’s lieutenants.
Apr 19, 2024 · On October 3, Operation Gothic Serpent began. Landed from helicopters, an assault group secured the hotel and took 24 prisoners—although not Aydid, who was absent. Special operations forces in a column of vehicles following to extract them from the hotel were delayed by Somali road blocks and subjected to continual fire.
Oct 3, 2023 · The battle occurred on Oct. 3-4, 1993, as a part of Operation Gothic Serpent. The U.S. Joint Special Operations Command deployed personnel under Task Force Ranger to Somalia to kill or capture ...
Sep 14, 2023 · On Oct. 3, 1993, 160 U.S. soldiers led Operation Gothic Serpent into Mogadishu, the Somalian capital, on a mission to capture Aidid and his top lieutenants. The troops consisted mostly of Army Rangers and Delta Force Operators: some of the most elite battle units and special forces in the entire world, but also Pakistani and Malaysian task ...
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia, by an American force code-named Task Force Ranger during the Somali Civil War in 1993. The primary objective of the operation was to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid, leader of the Somali National Alliance who was wanted by the UNOSOM II in response to his attacks ...
