Video by Airman 1st Class Ryann Holzapfel
Eagle Claw Panel
27th Special Operations Wing
April 24, 2017 | 01:25:59
On 24 April 2017, Lt. Col. (Ret) Sam Galloway and Lt. Col. (Ret) Russ Tharp visited Cannon Air Force Base to talk about Operation Eagle Claw. Operation Eagle Claw was an operation to retrieve American hostages from the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran on April 24, 1980. Galloway and Tharp talk about the mission and the events leading up to the failed operation to retrieve the hostages.

*Video has varying apertures due to the changing PowerPoint slides in the background and changes in camera angles/positions due to smaller angle lens and speaker stance changes.
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