File:Six RH-53D Sea Stallion in flight.jpg

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Description Six U.S. Navy Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters of helicopter mine countermeasures squadron HM-16 Sea Hawks in flight in the vicinity of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in preparation of "Operation Evening Light" (Eagle Claw), in the Persian Gulf in Apirl 1980. Six helicopters would be lost during the failed attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran on 24 April 1980.
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Source US Defense Information System photograph ID DN-SC-82-00723 [1]; U.S. National Archives photo NN33300514 2005-06-30.; transferred from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Uploaded by SSZ at en.wikipedia 2007-02-22 (original upload date),
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current20:32, 7 August 2008Thumbnail for version as of 20:32, 7 August 20083,000 × 2,400 (1.66 MB)BetacommandBot (talk | contribs)move approved by: User:Common Good This image was moved from Image:DN-SC-82-00723.jpg {{Information |Description= Original caption: ID: DN-SC-82-00723 Service Depicted: Navy Operation / Series: EVENING LIGHT A left side view of six RH-53D

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