Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Operation Celestial Balance muenzaniso mumwe webasa rakadaro: chinangwa chaiva nhengo yechitokisi cheAl-Qaeda chiri kumabvazuva kweAfrica chinokonzera kubhomba kwemahofisi eUnited States muna 1998
uye akanga achibatanidzwa mukuputika kwebhomba kwehotera yokuKenya, akanga ari mubetseri 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.