Operation Eager Glacier
Operation Eager Glacier was a secret U.S. effort to spy on Iran with aircraft in 1987 and 1988.[1] The information gathered became part of an intelligence exchange between U.S. military intelligence services and Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War.[2]
Eager Glacier took place at the same time as other U.S. military operations in the Persian Gulf, including Operation Earnest Will, the naval escort of Kuwaiti-owned tankers; Operation Prime Chance, the secret attempt to prevent Iranian forces from attacking Gulf shipping; and Operation Praying Mantis, the retaliation for the mining of the U.S. guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts.
Aftermath
Years after, on 22 July 1992, former
Works
The book No Higher Honor mentions how intelligence between pilots nearly cost them their lives, and "For those who had somehow failed to get the picture," it's what signaled the end of the operation.[4]
References
- ^ Barry, John (1992-08-13). "The Secret War". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
- ISBN 1-58642-083-6.
- ^ Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee. Statement by Admiral William Crowe Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, July 22, 1992.
- ^ Peniston, Bradley (2006). "Operation Eager Glacier, p. 89". No Higher Honor. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-06-25.