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Pictures & Video from – Kismayo & Jilib Area 1992 – 93 (UN).

Posted on September 15, 2012 by SomaliSwiss

The Kismayo airfield. The Blackhawks were flown by an aviation unit stationed in Germany.

HOOS KA DAAWO SAWIRRA XUSUUS MUDAN 1992 – 93

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: 2LT Eric Hodos, our FSO. He became a skilled map-maker once we moved to Jilib

: Belgian UN Vehicles at Kismayo Airport, Somalia The airfield outside Kismayo. Note the UN-white vehicles the Belgian paratroopers drove. Driving around in a white vehicle while wearing camouflage seems ludicrous.

: Humvee and Many Camel Sharing the Road Near Kismayo, Somalia

: I often wondered what the Jubba Valley would look like if there were more people out and about, engaged in commerce, going to visit friends and family, safe and happy. Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3

: Kismayo Airport, Somalia – The Kismayo airfield. Note the red clay dust on the wheels of that Humvee.

: Kismayo City – PFC Stone drove HQ29, the company Humvee. Hussein, our interpreter, worked at the Kismayo airfield before we arrived. His English was passing fair, but a whole lot better than our Somali. He had a great sense of hum

: Kismayo City – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia.

: Kismayo City – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. (2)

: Kismayo City – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. (3)

: Kismayo City – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. (4)

: Kismayo City – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. (5)

: Kismayo City – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia.

: On a Mounted Patrol in Kismayo, Somalia – 1992 – 1993

: On a Mounted Patrol in Kismayo, Somalia – 1992 – 1993

: Somali Kids. This was taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. This shot was taken in Jilib, near the Jubba River

: Somalia – Flying from the Kismayo airfield to Jilib in a Blackhawk. We used to joke about seeing the Equator from the air.

: Somalia – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia.

: Somalia – Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. (2)

: Southern Somalia – I was surprised at the amount of green I could see from the air.

: Southern Somalia At the Kismayo Beach

: Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia.

: Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. (2)

: Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. (3)

: Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. Scanned from negatives shot with Kodak disposable cameras.

: Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. This shot was taken in Kismayo, the southern port city, in late December, 1992.

: The Kismayo airfield Taken during Operation Restore Hope, when Charlie Company, 3-14 INF went to southern Somalia. Scanned from negatives shot with Kodak disposable cameras. (2)

: The Kismayo airfield. The Blackhawks were flown by an aviation unit stationed in Germany.

: The Outskirts of Kismayo, Somalia. When we initially arrived at the Kismayo Airfield (which was a few clicks outside of town), we made a few joint mounted patrols through Kismayo with the Belgians, just so everyone knew we had ar

: We had a couple of these brief but incredibly intense showers. Torrential downpours is a better term. They’d last for 15 minutes or a half an hour, and an hour later you’d never know they’d even occurred.

: We saw more than a few of these German C-160s delivering food supplies at the Kismayo airfield.

: When we first arrived at the Kismayo airfield, we stayed in the hangar, which had to be cleared of a lot of detritus first. Charlie Company then pushed out to Jilib in stages.

: Whenever a C-5 arrived it was An Event. It’s difficult to convey just how much of a presence a C-5 is, particularly on a small airfield like the one outside Kismayo. The noise and blast from the engines alone lets you know this is