Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Forrest, the superintendent of the 8th Special Operations Squadron, provides closing remarks for the 36th anniversary of Operation Eagle Claw at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 25, 2016. Operation Eagle Claw was an attempted rescue mission April 24, 1980, into Iran to recover more than 50 American hostages who were captured after a group of radicals took over the American embassy in Tehran, Nov. 4, 1979. The mission resulted in the deaths of eight service members at a remote site deep in Iranian territory known as Desert One. ( Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Kai Whit

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Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Forrest, the superintendent of the 8th Special Operations Squadron, provides closing remarks for the 36th anniversary of Operation Eagle Claw at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 25, 2016. Operation Eagle Claw was an attempted rescue mission April 24, 1980, into Iran to recover more than 50 American hostages who were captured after a group of radicals took over the American embassy in Tehran, Nov. 4, 1979. The mission resulted in the deaths of eight service members at a remote site deep in Iranian territory known as Desert One. ( Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Kai White)

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