{"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":"operation-fusee-sportive-credible-c-130-stade-de-teheran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/operation-credible-sport-rocket-c-130-tehran-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#039;Hercule \u00e0 propulsion fus\u00e9e con\u00e7u pour atterrir dans un stade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>\u00c0 l&#039;automne 1980, des ing\u00e9nieurs am\u00e9ricains ont fix\u00e9 trente roquettes sur un C-130 Hercules. Le plan, \u00e0 la fois insens\u00e9 et d&#039;un s\u00e9rieux implacable, consistait \u00e0 faire atterrir l&#039;avion de transport quadrimoteur dans un stade de football au c\u0153ur de T\u00e9h\u00e9ran, \u00e0 l&#039;immobiliser \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur du terrain, \u00e0 embarquer cinquante-deux otages am\u00e9ricains, puis \u00e0 le propulser dans les airs presque \u00e0 la verticale avant l&#039;arriv\u00e9e des forces de l&#039;ordre.<\/p>\r\n<p>L&#039;\u00e9mission s&#039;appelait Credible Sport. Elle a produit l&#039;un des avions les plus extraordinaires jamais construits \u2014 et l&#039;un des crashs d&#039;essai les plus spectaculaires jamais film\u00e9s.<\/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;\">FAITS RAPIDES<\/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;\">Programme<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Op\u00e9ration Sport Cr\u00e9dible (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;\">A\u00e9ronef<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Lockheed C-130H modifi\u00e9 en XFC-130H \" Super STOL \"<\/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;\">Fus\u00e9es \u00e9quip\u00e9es<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">30, en cinq s\u00e9ries (freinage, descente et remont\u00e9e)<\/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;\">But<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Atterrissage et d\u00e9collage \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur d&#039;un stade de T\u00e9h\u00e9ran<\/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;\">Accident<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">29 octobre 1980, Wagner Field, base a\u00e9rienne d&#039;Eglin \u2014 aucun d\u00e9c\u00e8s<\/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;\">R\u00e9sultat<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Annulation suite \u00e0 un accord de lib\u00e9ration des otages ; lib\u00e9ration des otages en janvier 1981<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">N\u00e9 d&#039;une catastrophe<\/h2>\r\n<p>Credible Sport a vu le jour suite \u00e0 la catastrophe de la premi\u00e8re tentative de sauvetage. Le 24 avril 1980, l&#039;op\u00e9ration Eagle Claw s&#039;est sold\u00e9e par un \u00e9chec sur un point de ravitaillement en vol dans le d\u00e9sert, baptis\u00e9 Desert One, o\u00f9 un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re est entr\u00e9 en collision avec un EC-130, causant la mort de huit militaires. La mission a \u00e9t\u00e9 annul\u00e9e\u00a0; les otages sont rest\u00e9s \u00e0 T\u00e9h\u00e9ran.<\/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=\"L&#039;\u00e9pave de Desert One\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">L&#039;\u00e9pave calcin\u00e9e du Desert One apr\u00e8s l&#039;\u00e9chec de l&#039;op\u00e9ration Eagle Claw en avril 1980. Credible Sport \u00e9tait le plan de la derni\u00e8re chance pour une seconde tentative. Photo\u00a0: D\u00e9partement de la D\u00e9fense des \u00c9tats-Unis<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Une seconde tentative aurait n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 un atterrissage en plein c\u0153ur de la ville, or il n&#039;y avait pas de piste d&#039;atterrissage. Les planificateurs se sont donc tourn\u00e9s vers le seul espace plat et d\u00e9gag\u00e9 \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de l&#039;ambassade\u00a0: le stade de football Amjadieh. Le probl\u00e8me r\u00e9sidait dans la capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 faire entrer et sortir un Hercules d&#039;un espace d&#039;\u00e0 peine 180 m\u00e8tres de long, entour\u00e9 d&#039;obstacles de 27 m\u00e8tres de haut.<\/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;\">Trente roquettes et un champ tr\u00e8s court<\/h2>\r\n<p>La solution technique fut la force brute. Lockheed et l&#039;US Air Force ont install\u00e9 des roquettes sur toute la cellule\u00a0: des moteurs \u00e0 propulsion vers l&#039;avant pour un atterrissage brutal, d&#039;autres vers le bas pour amortir la descente et d&#039;autres encore vers l&#039;arri\u00e8re pour propulser l&#039;appareil au d\u00e9collage. Ajoutez \u00e0 cela des volets \u00e0 double fente, une crosse d&#039;appontage et un radar de suivi de terrain, et le XFC-130H \"\u00a0Super STOL\u00a0\" \u00e9tait n\u00e9.<\/p>\r\n<p>Et \u00e7a a fonctionn\u00e9 \u2014 brillamment, au d\u00e9but. Les \u00e9quipes d&#039;essai ont enregistr\u00e9 des performances au d\u00e9collage dignes de la science-fiction.<\/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>\u201c Apr\u00e8s une course de d\u00e9collage de 3 m\u00e8tres, le train avant s&#039;est soulev\u00e9 de 1,8 m\u00e8tre, et l&#039;avion a d\u00e9coll\u00e9 \u00e0 moins de 45 m\u00e8tres du rel\u00e2chement des freins. Sur une distance \u00e9quivalente \u00e0 la longueur d&#039;un terrain de football, il avait atteint une altitude de 9 m\u00e8tres et une vitesse de 115 n\u0153uds. \u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Colonel Jerry Thigpen<\/strong> \u2014 \" Le vaisseau STARSitorien : l&#039;histoire in\u00e9dite du Combat Talon \"<\/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 tirant des fus\u00e9es d&#039;appoint au d\u00e9collage\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Le principe, \u00e0 une \u00e9chelle bien moindre\u00a0: un C-130 allume des roquettes JATO au d\u00e9collage. Credible Sport a pouss\u00e9 l\u2019id\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019extr\u00eame avec 30 moteurs. Photo\u00a0: US Navy<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Le jour o\u00f9 tout a mal tourn\u00e9<\/h2>\r\n<p>Le 29 octobre 1980, sur le terrain d&#039;aviation Wagner, dans le polygone d&#039;Eglin, l&#039;\u00e9quipage effectua la proc\u00e9dure d&#039;atterrissage compl\u00e8te. Malheureusement, la s\u00e9quence connut un dysfonctionnement\u00a0: les fus\u00e9es de freinage s&#039;allum\u00e8rent au mauvais moment, tandis que les fus\u00e9es d&#039;amortissement ne s&#039;allum\u00e8rent pas du tout. L&#039;Hercules piqua du nez comme une pierre, s&#039;\u00e9crasa sur le terrain et son aile droite se d\u00e9tacha entre les moteurs. Un incendie se d\u00e9clara, mais fut rapidement ma\u00eetris\u00e9. Miraculeusement, tous les passagers s&#039;en sortirent indemnes.<\/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>\u201c Mon objectif principal en soutenant ce projet \u00e9tait d\u2019obtenir une augmentation rapide du nombre d\u2019avions ravitailleurs MC-130. \u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Major-g\u00e9n\u00e9ral James Vaught<\/strong> \u2014 Note de service de l&#039;arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine, novembre 1980<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Quelques jours plus tard, les \u00e9v\u00e9nements prirent le dessus. L&#039;Iran accepta un plan de lib\u00e9ration n\u00e9goci\u00e9 par l&#039;Alg\u00e9rie, Ronald Reagan remporta l&#039;\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle et le second raid fut annul\u00e9. Les 52 otages furent lib\u00e9r\u00e9s le 20 janvier 1981. L&#039;une des cellules survivantes du Rocket-Hercules existe toujours, conserv\u00e9e dans un mus\u00e9e new-yorkais \u2013 preuve que l&#039;id\u00e9e la plus folle de l&#039;aviation des op\u00e9rations sp\u00e9ciales a failli devenir r\u00e9alit\u00e9.<\/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>Sources\u00a0: Colonel Jerry Thigpen, \"\u00a0The Praetorian STARShip\u00a0\"\u00a0; Joseph Trevithick, War is Boring\u00a0; Wikip\u00e9dia.<\/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;\">Articles similaires<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/operation-eagle-claw-desert-one-1980\/\">D\u00e9sert One : La nuit o\u00f9 tout a mal tourn\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/operation-tidal-wave-ploesti-raid-1943\/\">Le raid qui a vol\u00e9 \u00e0 cinquante pieds<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 1980, les \u00c9tats-Unis ont fix\u00e9 30 roquettes sur un C-130 pour lib\u00e9rer les otages de T\u00e9h\u00e9ran retranch\u00e9s dans un stade. 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