Word: gears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...poured down on an Egyptian airfield where six C-130 transports squatted. The men who would fly the planes to Iran and those who would storm the U.S. embassy compound milled around the craft. The rescue force commander stood in the open beside the elaborate communications gear that linked the tense unit with the White House, the Pentagon and a collection of technical groups spread halfway around the world...
...broadcast rights; and $4 million worth of insurance premiums. Ad profits for the network and its five owned and operated stations will be $20 million to $30 million less than they would have been with the Olympics. NBC expects to recover the $4 million worth of recording gear, video machinery and cameras that it already sent to Moscow...
After the order to abort had been confirmed from both the White House and the Pentagon, Beckwith recalled, his first thought was "My God, I'm gonna fail." He ordered his men into the C-130s to take off, then rushed to gather up all classified papers and gear. He was aboard a C-130 when he looked out of a window. He recalled: "A 130 all of a sudden exploded. It was one hell of a fire. On that 130 were 39 of my people " Beckwith said there was no way to get the bodies...
...burn the map when he was seized by the revolutionaries. Jaafarian told his captors that the staging site had been secretly built by the CIA, with the Shah's knowledge, for possible emergency use. The Iranian air force proposed destroying the site, suspecting it might contain hidden navigational gear that could guide landing American planes. But so confused was the Iranian government that nothing was done about the matter. When an Iranian officer insisted upon a decision, he was told by a senior official: "The Americans must know the site is discovered. They won't ever consider using...
Deployed by the Navy primarily to sweep up enemy mines and support amphibious operations, the Sea Stallion is jampacked with electronic gear. The aircraft that flew into Iran were loaded with even more equipment. An infra-red device, for example, was added to scan the territory ahead of the helicopter at night and give the pilot a TV-like picture of the approaching terrain. Even in a pitch-black night and at altitudes as low as shrub level, the pilots of the Sea Stallions would be able to see clearly where they were heading...