36 Years Ago this Saturday: A Plane Crashed and History Changed

Eglin Air Force Base, 29 October 1980. A specially modified C-130, designed to land inside of, and take off from, a soccer stadium in Tehran, crashed on its last test flight. It was the key component of Operation Credible Sport, the planned second hostage rescue mission.

What if it had succeeded? This is one of the mission in Black Tuesday (Time Patrol). For the the mission briefing and more info, including footage of the crash, enter the briefing room by clicking on the Gate!

Coming in November.

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Originally published at writeitforward.com on October 26, 2016.