#STHistory, OTD in 1993 TSgt Tim Wilkinson, SSgt Jeffrey Bray, and MSgt Scott Fales' actions at the Battle of Mogadishu defined how special tactics operated in urban warfare. . . . They were responding to a crisis after an RPG shot down an MH–60 helicopter carrying U.S. Army Rangers. A Ranger Task Force in the vicinity responded to secure the crash site and protect Americans. The result was a seventeen-hour firefight, one of the longest sustained by U.S. forces since the Vietnam War. While the final U.S. casualties were eighteen killed and eighty wounded, the valor of these Airmen, all with the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, proved vital in preventing a far worse outcome. #Heroes #FirstThere #ThatOthersMayLive #PJ #CCT