Operation Credible Sport

Operation Credible Sport was a joint project of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Armed_Forces/NHVsU9Id">U.S. military</a> in the second half of 1980 to prepare for a second rescue attempt of the <a href="/facts/Iran_hostage_crisis/HTMyLwrb">hostages held in Iran</a>. The concept included using a <a href="/facts/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules/EVzoWXp9">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a> airlifter modified with the addition of <a href="/facts/Rocket_engine/XT5gaFAb">rocket engines</a> to make it a <a href="/facts/STOL/8eEcKYEz">short take off and landing</a> (STOL) capable aircraft able to land on the field within a soccer stadium in <a href="/facts/Tehran/S8dmdwyG">Tehran</a>. Operation Credible Sport was terminated when on 2 November, the Iranian parliament accepted an <a href="/facts/Algiers_Accords/Ytq46mP6">Algerian plan for release of the hostages</a>, followed two days later by <a href="/facts/Ronald_Reagan/z6AaKAad">Ronald Reagan</a>'s election as the <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">U.S. president</a>.
The concept of a large military transport STOL aircraft was carried forward in 1981–1982, with the follow-up Credible Sport II project. The project used one of the original Operation Credible Sport aircraft as the YMC-130 prototype for the <a href="/facts/Lockheed_MC-130/LmoR9NeG">MC-130H Combat Talon II</a>.

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Operation Credible Sport