Sandstorms damaged some of the helicopters on their approach to Desert One, the designated staging area in the Yazd Province of Iran. However, things went wrong nearly from the start of the operation. The plan was to fly in special force troops deep into Iranian territory and then drive the soldiers into Tehran to secure the hostages enabling their return. It was called Operation Eagle Claw, and it was meant to put an end to the Iranian Hostage crisis. Report of the Joint Chiefs of Staff looking at the causes of the failure of the mission to rescue the American hostages during the Iranian Hostage Crisis in April 1980.
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