Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Operation Celestial Balance tētahi tauira o taua miihana: ko te whāinga ko te mema o te pūtau o te al-Qaeda o Awherika ki te rawhiti e whai kawenga ana mo te
1998 United States embassy bombings and he involved in bombing of a Kenyan hotel resort, he kaihauturu ia i waenga i a al-Qaeda me al-Shabaab. Whai muri i te kohikohi i nga korero mo te whaainga me tona waahi, i whakaatuhia e nga kaihoahoa CIA me JSOC ki a Perehitini Obama nga whiringa e 4: he whakaeke i te Tomahawk cruise missile, he whakaeke rererangi, he whakaeke na te Little Bird helikopters, he ngana ranei ki te hopu i te whaainga me te kaha whakaeke o SEALs. I whiriwhiria e Obama te whiringa rererangi, engari i te ra o te mahi ka whakatata atu te USMC Boeing AV-8B Harrier II + ki tana waahi tuku i kii he raru i roto i tana punaha whaainga; na reira i tukuna atu nga rerenga 8 (4 AH-6M Little Birds me 4 MH-60L Blackhawks), i whakahaerehia e nga mema o te 160th SOAR "Nightstalkers" e kawe ana i tetahi roopu SEAL Operators mai i DEVGRU. Ko nga AH-6s i pupuhi i te rerenga waka e rua, i patu i te whaainga me nga kaiwhakatuma 3 a Al'Shabaab, ko nga MH-60s i tuku i nga kaiwhakahaere DEVGRU i whakakore i nga waka ka whakahoki mai i te tinana.