The covert operation known as Eagle Claw was meant to release the former US embassy staff held in Tehran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. But a sandstorm hit and brought down the group of US military aircraft in Tabas desert, killing eight American servicemen there. Inspections showed a helicopter crashed into a Hercules transport plane as five other choppers were stranded in the storm. The units involved in the operation were from the US Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Iran commemorates the event every year as a symbol of the US failure against the country.



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Iranians mark 34th anniv. of failed US military operation on Iranian soil

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