Keywords: RH-53Ds on USS Nimitz (CVN-68) April 1980.JPEG Two U S Navy Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters of helicopter mine countermeasures squadron HM-16 Sea Hawks on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN-68 during Operation Evening Light Eagle Claw in the Arabian Sea in April 1980 Six helicopters would be lost during the failed attempt to rescue U S hostages in Iran on 24 April 1980 scan from Robert L Lawson ed The History of US Naval Air Power The Military Press New York USA 1985 ISBN 0-517-414813 p 208 US Navy cited as source 1980-04 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Sikorsky RH-53 US Navy USS Nimitz CVN-68 flight deck Operation Eagle Claw |