ImagesMilitary History Sea Stallions from Operation Eagle Claw Two RH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters painted to resemble Iranian helicopters and parked on the flight deck of the USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) prior to the start of Operation Eagle Claw, a mission to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran - which ended in disaster. (Source: militaryphotos.net) More on Operation Eagle Claw April 26, 2010 Chris Carter Desert One, Operation Eagle Claw, U.S. Navy, USS Nimitz
i was there.HM-16 first flew to the Kittyhawk then crossdecked to the nimitz