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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 53 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
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.
- 24 aprile - 25 aprile 1980
- Fallimento della missione
24 apr 2020 · Quaranta anni fa, il 24 aprile 1980, il tentativo delle Forze Speciali dell’U.S. Army di liberare un gruppo di ostaggi americani, prigionieri del regime Khomeinista a Teheran, si risolse in un disastro.
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).
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.
24 apr 2020 · Operation Eagle Claw: the greatest disaster of the American Special Forces. 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.
Operation Eagle (Arabic: العملية نسر) was an Egyptian military campaign in the Sinai Peninsula, that was launched in August 2011 to confront the Sinai insurgency.
