October 3-4, 1993 Battle of Mogadishu timeline — as provided by the U.S. Army. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

Main article: Battle of Mogadishu. Combatants USSOF, UNOSOM II Somali National Alliance-affiliated militias Commanders William F. Garrison Mohamed Farrah Aidid Strength 160 2,000+ Casualties U.S. 18 killed 73 wounded Malaysia 1 killed 7 wounded Pakistan 2 wounded Militia and civilians 1,000+ killed 3,000+ wounded Task Force Ranger achieved the mission...

A map of the main battle sites during the Battle of Mogadishu.

Download high resolution version (564x816, 77 KB)This is a map of the main sites in the Battle of Mogadishu. ... Download high resolution version (564x816, 77 KB)This is a map of the main sites in the Battle of Mogadishu. ... Combatants USSOF, UNOSOM II Somali National Alliance-affiliated militias Commanders William F. Garrison Mohamed Farrah Aidid Strength 160 2,000+ Casualties U.S. 18 killed 73 wounded Malaysia 1 killed 7 wounded Pakistan 2 wounded Militia and civilians 1,000+ killed 3,000+ wounded Task Force Ranger achieved the mission...

October 3, 1993

Afternoon. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

14:49 — Two principle targets, Habr Gidr clan leaders, located at a residence in central Mogadishu, Somalia. Mogadishus location in Somalia Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ‎ ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its nominal capital. ...

15:32 — Official force launch. The force launches: nineteen aircraft, twelve vehicles and 160 men.

15:42 — Official assault beginning. 1st SFOD-D soldiers hit the target house. Four Ranger chalks fast-rope in. One Ranger, Private First Class Todd Blackburn, misses the rope and falls 70 feet to the street. The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), commonly referred to as Delta within the U.S. Army or as Delta Force by the general public and officially recognized by the Department of Defense as the Combat Applications Group, is a Special Operations Force (SOF) and an integral... Official force name 75th Ranger Regiment Rangers Other names Airborne Rangers Army Rangers Task Force Ranger U.S. Army Rangers Branch U.S. Army Chain of Command USASOC Description Special Operations Force, rapidly deployable light infantry force. ... In military terminology, a chalk is a specific aircraft load, especially a group of airborne soldiers which deploy from a single aircraft. ... Fast-roping is a technique for descending down a thick rope. ... Todd Blackburn is a U.S. Army Ranger who arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia, a day before the Battle of Mogadishu. ...

15:47 — Large crowds of Somalis begin converging on the target area.

15:58 — One of the vehicles, a five-ton truck, is hit and disabled by a rocket propelled grenade, several American soldiers are wounded. The M939 series 5-ton 6x6 truck is a family of United States Army logistical transportation Trucks which was designed in the late 1980s and has been in service through the current day. ... An RPG-7 captured by the US Army A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. ...

16:00 — Groups of armed Somalis begin converging on the target area from all over Mogadishu.

16:02 — Targets acquired: assault force reports both clan leaders and about 21 others in custody. As the force prepares to pull out, three vehicles are detached to rush the wounded Private Blackburn back to the base.

16:15 — Fighting and confusion delays loading the prisoners and pulling out.

16:20 — First helicopter crash: Black Hawk Super 61 is hit by a rocket propelled grenade and crashes five blocks northeast of the target building. The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift utility or assault helicopter used by over 20 nations. ...

16:22 — Crowds of armed Somalis start racing toward the Super 61 crash site.

16:26 — HMMWV convoy starts moving. Prisoners loaded, the convoy and ground forces all begin moving toward the crashed helicopter. Black Hawk Super 64, piloted by Michael Durant, takes the place of Black Hawk Super 61 in orbit over the city. This article refers to the Military HMMWV, not the civilian Hummer sold by General Motors The M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) is a military motor vehicle. ... Michael Mike J. Durant is the American pilot who was held prisoner after a raid in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 3, 1993. ...

16:28 — Search and rescue of Black Hawk Super 61: search and rescue team ropes in to assist the crew of the crashed helicopter. Both pilot and co-pilot are dead.

16:35 — Convoy gets lost: convoy makes a wrong turn and begins driving lost through city streets, sustaining heavy casualties by Somali snipers and armed militia.

16:40 — Second helicopter crash (Super 64): Mike Durant's Black Hawk, Super 64, is hit by another Somali rocket propelled grenade, and crashes about a mile southwest of the target building. Hostile crowds of Somalis begin moving toward it as well. An RPG-7 captured by the US Army A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. ...

16:42 — Two Delta Force snipers, Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, are inserted by helicopter to help protect the injured Durant and his crew. This article is about the military occupation. ... Sergeant First Class insignia Sergeant First Class (SFC) is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Army, just above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant, and is a non-commissioned officer. ... United States Army Sgt. ... United States Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Army Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Air Force A Master Sergeant is: the eighth enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, just above Gunnery Sergeant, below Master Gunnery Sergeant, Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Major of... United States Army Master Sgt. ...

16:54 — HMMWV convoy abandons Black Hawk Super 61 search: the Lost Convoy, with more than half of its force wounded or dead, abandons its search for the first downed Black Hawk and begins fighting its way back to the base.

17:03 — Quick Reaction Force convoy dispatched from Command and Control: a QRF (smaller, emergency convoy) is dispatched in an attempt to rescue the men stranded at Durant's crash site. It encounters immediate obstacles. Quick Reaction Force (QRF) Defensive or offensive operations used in emergencies when more than military police are needed. ...

17:34 — QRF and the Lost Convoy decide to return to base: both convoys, having sustained heavy casualties, link up and abandon the effort to break through to Durant. The remainder of the ground force of Rangers and commandos are converging around the first crash site, sustaining many casualties. Ranger Corporal Jamie Smith is among those shot. Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. ...

17:40 — Snipers Shugart and Gordon are killed: Somali crowds overrun Durant's crash site, killing Shughart, Gordon, and every member of the crew, except Durant, who is carried off by militia through the city.

17:45 — Both convoys return to the base. 99 men remain trapped and surrounded in the city around the first downed Black Hawk. Corporal Smith bleeding heavily, medic requests immediate evacuation.

19:08 — Black Hawk Super 6 makes a daring re-supply run, dropping water, ammunition and medical supplies to the trapped force. It is badly damaged, cannot land to evacuate Corporal Smith, limps back to base. Boxes of ammunition clog a warehouse in Baghdad Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ...

20:27 — Ranger Corporal Jamie Smith dies.

21:00 — Joint Task Force Command requests assistance from other commands: The Rescue Convoy is formed of two companies of 10th Mt. Division troops along with the remainder of Task Force Ranger, Pakistani tanks and Malaysian armored vehicles, forms at Mogadishu's New Port, and begins planning the rescue. A task force (TF) is a temporary unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity. ... A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100-200 soldiers. ...

23:23 — The rescue convoy moves out.

October 4, 1993

At Midnight 00:00 (24:00), the Rangers are still trapped inside Mogadishu without essential equipment like night vision. Night-vision is seeing in the dark. ...

01:55 — Rescue convoy reaches the trapped Ranger force. A second half of the convoy reaches the site of Durant's downed Black Hawk. Durant and his crew are missing.

03:00 — Forces still struggling to remove the pinned body of Cliff Wolcott, pilot of downed Super Six One.

05:30 — Rangers start moving from the city to the Pakistani Stadium, on foot: Wolcott's body is finally recovered. Vehicles roll out of the city. Elements of the Rangers are left to run out of the city through gunfire. The road they take is known as "The Mogadishu Mile".

06:30 — The force returns to the Pakistani Stadium. Eighteen Americans are dead or mortally wounded, 73 injured, and one captured.