Hawk

Lore & Background

The film focuses on the real-life soldiers of Task Force Ranger, including Delta Force operators, Rangers, and 160th SOAR flight crew, during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu. Key figures include Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann, Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart, Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, and Chief Warrant Officer Michael Durant. No character named Hawk appears in the cast list, plot summary, or production notes. Any lore about a pilot named Hawk is unsupported by the source.

Reader's Guide

The film's production notes describe the training of actors: Ranger actors took a one-week Ranger familiarization course at Fort Benning; Delta Force actors took a two-week commando course at Fort Bragg; and actors playing 160th SOAR pilots were lectured by captured aviator Michael Durant. No character named Hawk is referenced in the cast, which includes Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, and others.

Did You Know?

• Two Delta Force snipers, Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions at the crash site of Super Six-Four.
• Pilot Michael Durant was captured and held for 11 days before being released.
• To keep the film at a manageable length, 100 key figures from the book were condensed into 39 characters.
• The character 'John Grimes' in the film is a fictionalized version of Specialist John Stebbins, whose name was changed due to a 1999 court martial conviction.