Eye in the Sky

(BOTH SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

(MAN SNORING)

(GROANS SOFTLY)

(SNORING CONTINUES)

(SIGHS)

(ROCCO WHIMPERS)

Sorry, Rocco.

(BARKING)

Come, come.

Good dog.

(BEEPS)

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

REPORTER:
(ON VIDEO)

Somali Al-Shabab militants

have posted this

picture of an unnamed man

they say they have

executed in Nairobi.

They claim he was a spy

working for British and Kenyan

intelligence services,

attempting to disrupt

the recruiting and trafficking

of young Western Muslims.

Al-Shabab

extremism within Kenya

escalated with the Westgate

shopping mall attack

in Nairobi two years ago,

in which 67 people died

and 175 were injured.

In April, the group massacred

147 students and staff

at Garissa University College.

Al-Shabab want to

impose their strict version

of Sharia law across

the Horn of Africa.

They bitterly resent the role of

Britain and the Kenyan military

in propping up the UN-backed

Somali government.

(ALARM BEEPING)

(HIGH-PITCHED BEEPING)

- (BEEPING STOPS)

- (GROANS)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

- Morning, Colonel.

- Morning, Ted.

(BEEPS)

Good morning.

- Good morning, ma'am.

- Morning, Colonel.

Version three on

Operation Egret is ready.

Ahmed's house data

is on slide three.

Thank you.

Only two Hellfires?

Where are my GBU-12s?

Well, ma'am, given the mission brief,

we thought we should

decrease the gross weight

and increase the loiter time.

So I've only

got the Hellfires?

Yes, ma'am.

Sadd, next time you

change the load out,

you check with

me first, please?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Thank you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

DRIVER:
How was your flight?

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(ALL SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)

(OMAR SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

General, good morning.

You got my email?

COLONEL POWELL:

Yes, sir. Very upsetting.

His family will

need our support.

Leave it with me.

- Everything in place?

- Yes, sir.

I'll be at Cobra

in an hour.

That should be fine.

Good luck today,

Katherine.

Thank you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Is this Briefing Room 7?

Yeah. You're fine.

We haven't started yet.

Lieutenant Watts.

Airman Gershon.

Pleasure.

Stand by.

Room, attention.

Carry on.

All right, I'm going to introduce you

guys to Colonel Powell in London.

- Push us through please, Major.

- MAJOR:
Yes, sir.

COLONEL WALSH:
Good morning, Colonel.

Are we coming through clear?

Loud and clear,

Colonel, thank you.

Good to see you again.

And you, ma'am.

I have your crew ready.

Introduce yourselves,

please.

Morning, ma'am. Lieutenant Steve Watts,

Aircraft Commander, Pilot.

Airman First Class Carrie Gershon,

Sensor Operator.

Senior Airman Matt Levery,

Mission Intel Coordinator.

COLONEL POWELL:

Thank you.

Today, you will be flying a joint

operation over Nairobi, Kenya,

codename Operation Egret.

Horn of Africa,

Somalia, Kenya, Nairobi.

We have intelligence of a meeting

of key members of Al-Shabab

in the suburb of Parklands

in this house, here.

It belongs to a man

named Shahid Ahmed.

He's an Al-Shabab facilitator.

Due to visit this

house is this man,

Abdullah Al-Hady.

He's a Somali, and his wife,

Ayesha Al-Hady,

formerly Susan Helen Danford,

British national.

Troubled childhood,

converted at 15.

She was radicalized

in a West London mosque

where she met and

married Al-Hady.

Intelligence

has them connected

to the most recent

suicide bombing in Kenya.

They are numbers four and five

on our East Africa Most Wanted list.

We've been tracking

them for six years.

Their cell executed one of

our Kenyan agents yesterday.

Now we have information that

they will be in Nairobi today,

using that Parklands house as a

transit point for two new recruits.

Muhammad Abdisalaam, American.

The CIA have him connected

to extremists in Minnesota.

And Rasheed Hamud.

He's British.

Once all suspects

are in the house,

Kenyan special forces will

launch a cordon and search.

This is an operation

to capture, not kill.

Your job is to be

their eye in the sky.

Right, thank you, ma'am.

Kill it.

- Yes, sir.

- Go brief.

So, sir, how long

have you been here?

About six months now. You?

Just got here.

Oh, wow.

How are you liking Vegas?

It can get a little wild.

(CHUCKLES) That it can.

Where are you

from originally?

- I'm from Ohio.

- Ohio?

Where are you...

Where are you from?

Idaho. When did

you qualify?

A month ago.

Wow. It's only been

about two years for me.

Why'd you join?

I'd racked up

a lot of college debt.

Air Force was a guaranteed

four years of work.

- LIEUTENANT WATTS: Hey, guys.

- GERSHON:
Hi.

- Hey.

- Hey.

You seen any giraffes?

Matter of fact, yeah.

- Oh, wow.

- Yeah, a whole bunch of them

about 30 miles

east of the city.

CREWMAN:
The aircraft is

established in the orbit

at Flight Level 200,

running covert.

Aircraft and GCS are in the

green with no write-ups.

Okay. Great.

All cameras

checked good.

Here's the target.

Ground forces are a few blocks

away in an old factory.

Over here.

Okay. Thanks.

CREWMAN:

Weapons all spun up good.

Ten hours' time on

station remaining.

You still have two Hellfire missiles.

Secure radio checked good.

Great. Thank you, guys.

CREWMAN:
All right.

Do good. Don't suck.

- (CHUCKLES)

- Hey, Matt? You strapped in?

I'm here.

Here it comes.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

Showman 5-0, North 2-0.

Good morning, Moses. How are you?

MOSES:
North 2-0, Showman 5-0.

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