Operation Eagle Claw
Operation Eagle Claw, known as Operation Tabas (Persian: عملیات طبس) in Iran,[1] was a United States Armed Forces operation ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to try to end the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980.
Its failure damaged U.S. prestige worldwide. Carter himself blamed his loss in the 1980 U.S. presidential election mainly on his failure to win the release of the hostages.[2]
Operation Eagle Claw Media
A pair of RH-53Ds aboard USS Nimitz
Planned and actual routes for Operation Eagle Claw
Repainted Bluebeard RH-53D helicopters in sand camouflage and without markings aboard USS Nimitz
Operation Eagle Claw desert one layout
Wreckage of one of the destroyed Bluebeard helicopters with an abandoned RH-53D behind
Example of a haboob, one of the factors that influenced the outcome of the operation
RH-53D helicopter rotor remnant from Operation Eagle Claw on display in the former US Embassy in Tehran
Operation Eagle Claw Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery
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References
- ↑ AFSOC.af.mil Archived 16 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Jimmy Carter: Iran hostage rescue should have worked. 17 September 2010. https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-09-17-iran-hostages-jimmy-carter_N.htm.
