Mike Durant
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And it was conventional forces.
There was Marines, Army, Special Ops, all simultaneous.
First time the F-117s had ever been used.
That was at Riojada.
I saw the bombs go off.
And within a couple days, we took the place down.
I mean, it was incredible.
Damn.
And I'm flying with Donovan Briley.
By the way, I mentioned Cliff a couple times.
Cliff's the first loss in Somalia.
He's flying with Donovan in Somalia.
So they're the first two combat losses in Somalia.
Donovan and I are flying in just cause.
And our mission is not glamorous.
We're going to fly with two Apaches and at least two Little Birds, maybe four.
Little Birds are the H6s, and these are gun birds.
And we're going to go take out, be part of the force to take out Rio Hato.
So the airfield seizure is going to be done by the Rangers that are on all these C-130s coming out of Fort Benning.
I think it was 17 C-130s.