Somalia

In October 1993, an elite battle unit of the US army began a fairly straight-forward mission in Somalia's capital to arrest two top lieutenants of the warlord Mohammed Aidid, who controlled the city. Dubbed the Battle of Mogadishu, within minutes it descended into chaos as one of the Black Hawk helicopters circling overheard was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, spun out of control and crashed.