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Wikipedia: Operation Eagle Claw (or Operation Evening Light) was a United States military operation that attempted to rescue 52 Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran on 24 April 1980. The attempt was aborted when three helicopters that were part of the operation were damaged or forced to return to the carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) by a sandstorm. As the U.S. force prepared to leave Iran, a refueling accident led to the remaining helicopters and a C-130 Hercules refueling aircraft being destroyed or left behind, and the deaths of eight American servicemen.
![[A photo of the "Desert One" landing site, a piece of desert in Iran used by U]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Eagle_Claw_wrecks_at_Desert_One_April_1980_s.jpg "A photo of the \"Desert One\" landing site, a piece of desert in Iran used by U")
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![[The wreckage of a Sea Stallion helicopter at the Desert One base in Iran.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Desertone_s.jpg "The wreckage of a Sea Stallion helicopter at the Desert One base in Iran.")
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![[A-7Es aboard Coral Sea with special identification stripes.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/A_7Es_on_USS_Coral_Sea_Op_Eagle_Claw_April_1980_s.jpg "A-7Es aboard Coral Sea with special identification stripes.")
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![[Repainted RH-53Ds in sand camouflage and without markings aboard Nimitz.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RH_53SeaStallionIranOperation_s.jpg "Repainted RH-53Ds in sand camouflage and without markings aboard Nimitz.")
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![[RH-53Ds of HM-16 on the USS Nimitz before repainting.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RH_53Ds_fly_over_USS_Nimitz_April_1980_s.jpg "RH-53Ds of HM-16 on the USS Nimitz before repainting.")
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![[Sailors applying identification stripes to a VMFA-323 F-4N aboard ''Coral Sea.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/F_4N_with_Eagle_Claw_ID_USS_Coral_Sea_April_1980_s.jpg "Sailors applying identification stripes to a VMFA-323 F-4N aboard ''Coral Sea.")
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![[Operation Eagle Claw Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Eagle_Claw_Memorial_1_s.jpg "Operation Eagle Claw Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery")
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