 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1979, vadzidzi veIran vakatora mumiriri weAmerica muTehran ndokubata vashandi veumiriri senhapwa; basa rokutanga rokununura, rakapiwa zita rokuti Eagle Claw rakapera nokukundikana nemhaka yezvinetso zvokushandisa uye kuronga, zvakaguma nokuparara kweherikoputa yeRH-53D Sea Stallion muC-130 Hercules yakanga yakamira murenje reIran, ichiuraya varwi vasere. Kuedza kuponesa kwechipiri, Operation Honey Badger, kwakarairwa, uye Brown aibatanidzwa mukuronga nokugadzirira. Kutevera kuponesa kwaisanganisira U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy uye Army assets. Zvikamu zveHondo zvaibatanidzwa zvaiva mabhatani aiumba 101st Aviation Group: 158th Aviation Battalion, 229th Aviation Battalion uye 159th Aviation Battalion. Mabhatani ose ari matatu akaumba Task Force 158. Panguva iyi, Mutungamiriri Carter akagadza aimbova Mukuru Wezvokufambisa Zvengarava, Admiral James L. Holloway, III, kuti atungamirire komisheni yaizodzidza nezvezvikanganiso zvakabudiswa pachena nokukundikana kweEagle Claw. Zvimwe zvakawanikwa zvacho ndezvokuti mauto akanga asina ndege nevashandi vakanga vakadzidziswa uye vakagadzirira kuita mabasa aya. 