In December 1992, USS Ranger and her task force steamed off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia, in support of Operation Restore Hope, the UN-authorized effort to relieve mass starvation and factional fighting in Somalia.
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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