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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