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L'operazione Eagle Claw, anche nota con il nome di Evening Light, è una missione militare segreta che fu organizzata per salvare i 52 ostaggi tenuti prigionieri nell'ambasciata di Teheran. L'operazione, avviata il 24 aprile 1980, fu un fallimento così clamoroso che spinse i vertici statunitensi a creare il Comando delle Operazioni ...
- 24 aprile - 25 aprile 1980
- Fallimento della missione
Operation Eagle Claw was a failed operation by the United States Armed Forces ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to attempt the rescue of 52 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980.
- 8 US servicemen killed & 4 injured, 1 Iranian civilian killed
- Mission failed, 1 helicopter and 1 transport aircraft destroyed, 5 helicopters abandoned/captured
- 24–25 April 1980
- Embassy of the United States, Tehran
24 apr 2020 · Gli imprevisti non sono finiti, solo 5 RH-53 sono in grado di decollare. Il ritardo accumulato è ormai di 90 minuti. In queste condizioni è impossibile continuare la missione: Eagle Claw deve essere annullata. Gli uomini vengono imbarcati sui C-130H, mentre gli elicotteri faranno ritorno sulla Nimitz.
12 apr 2024 · Operation Eagle Claw, failed mission by the U.S. military in April 1980 to rescue Americans who were held during the Iran hostage crisis. The mission highlighted deficiencies within the U.S. military command structure and led to the creation of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
Crisis in Iran : Operation EAGLE CLAW. Edward T. Russell. DATES: December 8, 1978-April 25, 1980. LOCATION : Iran. OVERSEAS BASES USED : Hellenikon Air Base (AB), Athens, Greece; Masirah...
24 apr 2020 · Operation Eagle Claw: the greatest disaster of the American Special Forces. (To Tiziano Ciocchetti ) 24/04/20. Forty years ago, on April 24, 1980, the attempt by the US Army Special Forces to free a group of American hostages, prisoners of the Khomeinist regime in Tehran, resulted in a disaster.
Known as Operation Eagle Claw, it called for three USAF MC-130s to carry a 118-man assault force from Masirah Island near Oman in the Persian Gulf to a remote spot 200 miles southeast of Tehran, code-named Desert One. Accompanying the MC-130s were three USAF EC-130s which served as fuel transports.
