{"id":5909639,"date":"2026-07-17T11:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=5909639"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:33:41","slug":"operacion-cohete-deportivo-creible-c-130-estadio-de-teheran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/operation-credible-sport-rocket-c-130-tehran-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"El H\u00e9rcules propulsado por cohetes, construido para aterrizar en un estadio."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>En el oto\u00f1o de 1980, ingenieros estadounidenses acoplaron treinta cohetes a un C-130 H\u00e9rcules. El plan era descabellado y sumamente serio: estrellar el avi\u00f3n de transporte de cuatro motores contra un estadio de f\u00fatbol en el centro de Teher\u00e1n, detenerlo dentro del campo, embarcar a cincuenta y dos rehenes estadounidenses y lanzarlo de nuevo al cielo casi verticalmente antes de que llegaran los muros.<\/p>\r\n<p>El programa se llamaba Credible Sport. Produjo uno de los aviones m\u00e1s extraordinarios jam\u00e1s construidos, y uno de los accidentes de prueba m\u00e1s espectaculares jam\u00e1s filmados.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: .03em; color: #111;\">DATOS R\u00c1PIDOS<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Programa<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Operaci\u00f3n Deporte Cre\u00edble (1980)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Aeronave<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Lockheed C-130H modificado a XFC-130H &quot;Super STOL&quot;\"<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Cohetes instalados<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">30, en cinco series (frenado, descenso y ascenso)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Meta<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Aterrizar y despegar dentro de un estadio de Teher\u00e1n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Chocar<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">29 de octubre de 1980, Campo Wagner, Base A\u00e9rea Eglin \u2014 sin v\u00edctimas mortales<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Resultado<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Cancelado tras un acuerdo para la liberaci\u00f3n de los rehenes; los rehenes fueron liberados en enero de 1981.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Nacido de un desastre<\/h2>\r\n<p>Credible Sport surgi\u00f3 porque el primer intento de rescate termin\u00f3 en cat\u00e1strofe. El 24 de abril de 1980, la Operaci\u00f3n Garra de \u00c1guila fracas\u00f3 en un punto de reabastecimiento en el desierto, con nombre en clave Desierto Uno, donde un helic\u00f3ptero colision\u00f3 con un EC-130 y ocho militares perdieron la vida. La misi\u00f3n fue abortada; los rehenes permanecieron en Teher\u00e1n.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=856390000  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/desert-one-eagle-claw-wreckage.png\" alt=\"Restos del Desert One\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Los restos calcinados en Desert One tras el fracaso de la Operaci\u00f3n Garra de \u00c1guila en abril de 1980. Credible Sport era el plan desesperado para un segundo intento. Foto: Departamento de Defensa de EE. UU.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Un segundo intento requer\u00eda aterrizar justo en el centro de la ciudad, y no hab\u00eda pista de aterrizaje. As\u00ed que los planificadores recurrieron al \u00fanico espacio plano y abierto cerca de la embajada: el estadio de f\u00fatbol Amjadieh. El problema radicaba en maniobrar un H\u00e9rcules dentro y fuera de un espacio de apenas 183 metros de largo, rodeado de obst\u00e1culos de 27 metros.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fSFjhWw4DNo\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Treinta cohetes y un campo muy corto<\/h2>\r\n<p>La soluci\u00f3n de ingenier\u00eda fue la fuerza bruta. Lockheed y la Fuerza A\u00e9rea instalaron cohetes por toda la estructura del avi\u00f3n: motores que se encend\u00edan hacia adelante para detenerlo bruscamente al aterrizar, motores que se encend\u00edan hacia abajo para amortiguar el descenso y motores que se encend\u00edan hacia atr\u00e1s para impulsarlo al despegar. Si a esto le sumamos flaps de doble ranura, un gancho de cola para recuperarse en portaaviones y un radar de seguimiento del terreno, naci\u00f3 el XFC-130H &quot;Super STOL&quot;.<\/p>\r\n<p>Y funcion\u00f3, de forma brillante al principio. Los equipos de prueba registraron un rendimiento en el despegue que parece sacado de la ciencia ficci\u00f3n.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cEl tren de aterrizaje delantero se elev\u00f3 seis pies del suelo tras diez pies de carrera de despegue, y la aeronave estaba en el aire a los 150 pies de soltar los frenos. En la longitud de un campo de f\u00fatbol, hab\u00eda alcanzado una altitud de 30 pies y una velocidad de 115 nudos.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Coronel Jerry Thigpen<\/strong> \u2014 &quot;La nave espacial Praetorian STARShip: La historia jam\u00e1s contada de la Talon de combate&quot;\"<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=462398491  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/c-130-jato-rocket-takeoff.jpg\" alt=\"Un C-130 disparando botellas de despegue asistido por cohetes\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">El principio, a una escala mucho menor: un C-130 dispara cohetes JATO durante el despegue. Credible Sport llev\u00f3 la idea a un extremo extremo con 30 motores. Foto: Marina de los EE. UU.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">El d\u00eda en que todo sali\u00f3 mal<\/h2>\r\n<p>El 29 de octubre de 1980, en el aer\u00f3dromo de Wagner, en el campo de tiro de Eglin, la tripulaci\u00f3n realiz\u00f3 el aterrizaje completo. Entonces, la secuencia fall\u00f3: los cohetes de frenado se dispararon en el momento equivocado, mientras que los de amortiguaci\u00f3n de descenso no se dispararon en absoluto. El H\u00e9rcules cay\u00f3 en picado, se estrell\u00f3 contra el suelo y su ala de estribor se desprendi\u00f3 entre los motores. Se produjo un incendio que fue sofocado en cuesti\u00f3n de segundos. Sorprendentemente, todos salieron ilesos.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cMi principal objetivo al apoyar este proyecto era conseguir un r\u00e1pido aumento en el n\u00famero de aviones cisterna MC-130.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Mayor general James Vaught<\/strong> \u2014 Ej\u00e9rcito de los Estados Unidos, memorando de noviembre de 1980<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>D\u00edas despu\u00e9s, los acontecimientos dieron un giro inesperado. Ir\u00e1n acept\u00f3 un plan de liberaci\u00f3n negociado por Argelia, Ronald Reagan gan\u00f3 la presidencia y el segundo ataque a\u00e9reo se cancel\u00f3. Los 52 rehenes fueron liberados el 20 de enero de 1981. Uno de los fuselajes del H\u00e9rcules con cohetes que a\u00fan se conserva existe, expuesto en un museo de Nueva York, prueba de que la idea m\u00e1s descabellada en la aviaci\u00f3n de operaciones especiales estuvo a punto de hacerse realidad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FetzW3yqSpM\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fuentes: Coronel Jerry Thigpen, &quot;The Praetorian STARShip&quot;; Joseph Trevithick, War is Boring; Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/operation-eagle-claw-desert-one-1980\/\">Desierto Uno: La noche en que todo sali\u00f3 mal<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/operation-tidal-wave-ploesti-raid-1943\/\">La incursi\u00f3n que vol\u00f3 a cincuenta pies<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 1980, Estados Unidos coloc\u00f3 30 cohetes en un avi\u00f3n C-130 para rescatar a los rehenes de Teher\u00e1n de un estadio. 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