Thirty years ago today, the U.S. military was involved in a brief but brutal battle in Somalia. In a series of firefights over two bloody days, 18 members of America’s most elite Special Forces ...

FORT BRAGG — Sixty Special Forces soldiers involved in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, known as “Black Hawk Down,” will have their awards upgraded, according to an Army news release.. The ...

It was 25 years ago this week that some of America's most elite military forces were pinned down by hundreds of Somali fighters in an intense battle in Mogadishu that killed 18 U.S. service members.

The Army upgraded heroism awards Thursday for 60 operators who took part in Operation Gothic Serpent, better known as "Black Hawk Down," in the 1990s in Mogadishu, Somalia. Fifty-eight awards were ...

Ridley Scott’s 2001 war film 'Black Hawk Down' told the story of 1993’s deadly Battle of Mogadishu. Here is a look back at the real events that inspired the award-winning film 'Black Hawk Down.' ...

Mr. Bowden is the author of “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.” The battle of Mogadishu in early October 1993 shocked most Americans. U.S. forces had been deployed to Somalia to support ...

But when Somali forces shot down two Black Hawk helicopters, it morphed into an overnight battle for survival, the longest sustained firefight since the Vietnam War.

The 30th anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu, known as ‘Black Hawk Down’ is perceived in a different light in Somalia in a new book by a Somali soldier who was there. Some 30 years after the event ...

The doc is a "360-degree telling of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, whose events served as inspiration for Ridley Scott's Academy Award winning film Black Hawk Down." It has been 24 years since ...

Black Hawk Down came out in 2001, winning two Oscars.. Starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana, the pic followed the journey of the U.S. sending special forces into Somalia to ...

Beyond the Black Hawk helicopter, there was lots of military hardware in the movie "Black Hawk Down" -- some of the deadliest stuff in Uncle Sam's arsenal.