Fact1: major United Nations military operation in Somalia is authorized with peacekeeping mandate following ousting of central government and start of civil war, Fact2: U.S. forces include experienced men as well as new recruits including 18-year-old PFC Todd Blackburn and desk clerk going on first mission, Fact3: lieutenant is removed from duty after having epileptic seizure, Fact4: Staff Sergeant Matthew Eversmann is placed in command of Ranger Chalk Four first command, Fact5: Delta Force operators capture Aidid 's advisers inside target building
Output: In 1993, following the ousting of the central government and start of a civil war, a major United Nations military operation in Somalia is authorized with a peacekeeping mandate. After the bulk of the peacekeepers are withdrawn, the Mogadishubased militia loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid declares war on the remaining UN personnel. In response, the U.S. Army deploys three of its special operations forces – 75th Rangers, Delta Force counterterrorist operators, and 160th SOAR  Night Stalkers aviators – to Mogadishu to capture Aidid, who has proclaimed himself president of the country. To consolidate his power and subdue the population in the south, Aidid and his militia seize Red Cross food shipments, while the UN forces are powerless to intervene directly. Outside Mogadishu, Rangers and Delta Force capture Osman Ali Atto, a faction leader selling arms to Aidids militia. A mission is planned to capture Omar Salad Elmi and Abdi Hassan Awale Qeybdiid, two of Aidids top advisers. The U.S. forces include experienced men as well as new recruits, including 18yearold PFC Todd Blackburn and a desk clerk, SPC Grimes, going on his first mission. When his lieutenant is removed from duty after having an epileptic seizure, Staff Sergeant Matthew Eversmann is placed in command of Ranger Chalk Four, his first command. The operation begins and Delta Force operators capture Aidids advisers inside the target building. The Rangers and helicopters escorting the groundextraction convoy take heavy fire, while Eversmanns Chalk Four is dropped a block away by mistake. Blackburn is severely injured when he falls from one of the Black Hawk helicopters, so three Humvees led by SSG Jeff Struecker are detached from the convoy to return Blackburn to the UNheld Mogadishu Airport. SGT Dominick Pilla is shot and killed just as Strueckers column departs, and shortly thereafter Black Hawk Super SixOne, piloted by CWO Clifton Elvis Wolcott crashes when shot down by a rocketpropelled grenade. Both Wolcott and his copilot are killed, the two crew chiefs are wounded, and one Delta Force sniper on board escapes in an MH6 Little Bird helicopter. The ground forces are rerouted to converge on the crash site. The Somali militia erects roadblocks, and LTC Danny McKnights Humvee column is unable to reach the crash area while sustaining heavy casualties. Meanwhile, two Ranger Chalks, including Eversmanns unit, reach SuperSix Ones crash site and set up a defensive perimeter to await evacuation with the two wounded men and the fallen pilots. In the interim, Super SixFour, piloted by CWO Michael Durant, is also shot down by an RPG and crashes several blocks away. With CPT Mike Steeles Rangers pinned down and sustaining heavy casualties, no ground forces can reach Super SixFours crash site nor reinforce the Rangers defending Super SixOne. Two Delta Force snipers, SFC Randy Shughart and MSG Gary Gordon are inserted by helicopter to Super SixFours crash site, where they find Durant still alive. The site is eventually overrun, Gordon and Shughart are killed, and Durant is captured by Aidids militia before the angry mob of Somali civilians can kill him as well. McKnights column relinquish their attempt to reach SixOnes crash site and return to base with their prisoners and the casualties. The men prepare to go back to extract the Rangers and the fallen pilots, and MG Garrison sends LTC Joe Cribbs to ask for reinforcements from the 10th Mountain Division, including Malaysian and Pakistani armored units from the UN coalition. As night falls, Aidids militia launch a sustained assault on the trapped Americans at Super SixOnes crash site. The militants are held off throughout the night by strafing runs and rocket attacks from AH6J Little Bird helicopter gunships, until the 10th Mountain Divisions relief column is able to reach and save the American soldiers. The wounded and casualties are evacuated in the vehicles, but a few of Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are forced to run on foot from the crash site; after fighting through militia forces, they eventually reach the Pakistani Compound UN Safe Zone. The end titles detail the immediate aftermath of the mission and end of military operations in Somalia: Michael Durant was released after 11 days of captivity, after which President Bill Clinton withdrew all US forces from Somalia. Mohamed Farah Aidid was killed in 1996.