Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Operation Celestial Balance mumwe muenzaniso webasa rakadaro: chinangwa chaiva nhengo yeEast Africa al-Qaeda cell inotarisira
1998 United States embassy bombings uye aibatanidzwa mukuputika kwebhomba kwehotera yekuKenya, ndiye aifambisa pakati peAl-Qaeda neAl-Shabaab. Pashure pokuunganidza mashoko pamusoro penharidzano nenzvimbo yayo, varongi veCIA neJSOC vakaisa pamberi paPurezidhendi Obama zvisarudzo zvina: kurwisa neTomahawk cruise missile, kurwisa nendege, kurwisa ne Little Bird helicopters kana kuedza kubata nharidzano nesimba rokurwisa reSEALs. Obama akasarudza airstrike sarudzo, zvisinei pazuva oparesheni imwe USMC Boeing AV-8B Harrier II + akaswedera yayo kusunungurwa pfungwa yakashuma kukanganisa kwayo kunanga hurongwa; saka 8 helicopters (4 AH-6M Little Birds uye 4 MH-60L Blackhawks) vakatumwa, piloted nenhengo 160th SOAR "Nightstalkers" akatakura chikwata SEAL Operators kubva DEVGRU. MaAH-6 akarwisa motokari mbiri dzacho, akauraya chinangwa chacho nemagandanga matatu eAl'Shabaab, ndege dzeMH-60 dzakaburitsa vashandi veDEVGRU avo vakabvisa motokari uye vakawana mutumbi.