The C-130 was evacuated and the order came to blow the aircraft and exfiltrate the country. However, in the dust and confusion the order never reached the people who would blow the aircraft. There were wounded and dying men to be taken care of and the aircraft had to be moved to avoid having the burning debris start another fire. Because of this failure to destroy the helicopters, the Americans left behind them 5 RH-53D intact and top secret plans fell into the hands of the Iranians the next day and the agents waiting in-country to help the Delta operators were almost captured. http://www.helis.com/featured/eagle_claw.php
On Nov 12, 10:02 am, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phil, > > Seriously doubt that. It's SOP in all military organizations to > destroy any equipment certain, or even highly likely, to fall into > unfriendly hands. IF that happened it's the fault of the OIC on-site. > Couple of WP grenades thrown into a chopper and it is fucking GONE. > > On Nov 12, 9:30 am, Philobealo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > During the Clinton years soldiers were training with wooden dummy > > rifles and the Carter years troops had to buy cleaning tools to > > maintain their equipment. Remember the attempted Iran hostage rescue? > > Due to cut backs the military had deficient equipment. > > > "The first helicopter was grounded and abandoned in the desert with > > equipment indicating a cracked rotor blade, and its crew picked up by > > another helicopter that continued the flight. The second helicopter > > abandoned the flight and returned to the Nimitz with reported erratic > > instrumentation blamed on the highly elevated temperatures inside the > > haboob. The third helicopter arrived at Desert One with a > > malfunctioning primary hydraulics system and insufficient confidence > > in the secondary (backup) hydraulics system to continue. The first and > > third helicopters, which were abandoned, now serve with the Iranian > > Navy." > > >http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE2DE1038F933A15756...- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
