Operation Eagle Claw

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🗓️ 24 April 2024

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Summary

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.

The operation, one of Delta Force's first,[1] encountered many obstacles and failures and was subsequently aborted. Eight helicopters were sent to the first staging area called Desert One, but only five arrived in operational condition.[2] One had encountered hydraulic problems, another was caught in a sand storm, and the third showed signs of a cracked rotor blade. During the operational planning, it was decided that the mission would be aborted if fewer than six helicopters remained operational upon arrival at the Desert One site, despite only four being absolutely necessary.[2] In a move that is still discussed in military circles, the field commanders advised President Carter to abort the mission, which he did.[3]

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0:00.0	The Hello and welcome. The citation needed.
0:14.0	Podcasts were choose. Hello and welcome
0:22.5	the citation needed
0:23.7	podcast will choose a subject read a single article about it on Wikipedia and pretend we're experts
0:29.3	because this is the internet that's how it works now I'm heath that I'll be commanding this Delta Force.
0:35.6	You can call me Alpha.
0:38.0	And I'm joined by...
0:40.0	Noavember, or Wiskery, cats hates golf and hug traps.
0:48.0	Yeah you would be amazed by how often he gives us permission to call him Alpha.
0:55.6	Sure.
0:56.6	That's crazy.
0:57.6	Dominance.
0:58.6	I've never mastered the art of hating myself and how I spend my time enough to enjoy golfing.
1:03.6	So that's what works for me, yeah.
1:06.5	Cecil, what person, place, thing, concept, phenomenon, or event are we going to be talking
1:12.1	about today? Today we mean to be talking about today?
1:12.8	Today we mean to talk about Operation Eagle Claw.
1:15.8	Okay, what was Operation Eagle Claw?
1:20.4	It was both the first real mission of the Delta Force and also a total an utter fiasco
1:26.8	The actual mission took place on April 24th 1980 44 years ago today. It was a mission... I like how you line stuff up.
1:35.8	It's because I don't... Cheersie, it's because I don't do any work out of time and
1:41.1	then I'm like what happened on this day oh my God I gotta find something.
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