{"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":"operazione-credibile-razzo-sportivo-c-130-stadio-di-teheran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/operation-credible-sport-rocket-c-130-tehran-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#039;Hercules a propulsione a razzo, progettato per atterrare in uno stadio."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Nell&#039;autunno del 1980, ingegneri americani fissarono trenta razzi a un C-130 Hercules. Il piano era folle e mortalmente serio: far atterrare il velivolo quadrimotore in uno stadio di calcio nel centro di Teheran, fermarlo entro la lunghezza del campo, caricare cinquantadue ostaggi americani e farlo decollare quasi verticalmente prima che arrivassero i muri.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il programma si chiamava Credible Sport. Ha prodotto uno degli aerei pi\u00f9 straordinari mai costruiti e uno degli incidenti di collaudo pi\u00f9 spettacolari mai filmati.<\/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;\">INFORMAZIONI RAPIDE<\/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;\">Programma<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Operazione Sport Credibile (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;\">Aeromobili<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Lockheed C-130H modificato in 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;\">Razzi montati<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">30, in cinque serie (frenata, discesa e risalita)<\/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;\">Obiettivo<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Atterraggi e decolli all&#039;interno di uno stadio di Teheran.<\/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;\">Incidente<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">29 ottobre 1980, Wagner Field, base aerea di Eglin - nessun morto<\/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;\">Risultato<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Annullato in seguito a un accordo per il rilascio degli ostaggi; gli ostaggi furono liberati nel gennaio 1981.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Nato da un disastro<\/h2>\r\n<p>Credible Sport nacque perch\u00e9 il primo tentativo di salvataggio si era concluso in tragedia. Il 24 aprile 1980, l&#039;Operazione Eagle Claw fall\u00ec in un punto di rifornimento nel deserto, nome in codice Desert One, dove un elicottero si scontr\u00f2 con un EC-130 e otto militari persero la vita. La missione fu interrotta; gli ostaggi rimasero a Teheran.<\/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=\"Relitto di Desert One\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">I resti carbonizzati a Desert One dopo il fallimento dell&#039;Operazione Eagle Claw nell&#039;aprile del 1980. Credible Sport era il piano disperato per un secondo tentativo. Foto: Dipartimento della Difesa degli Stati Uniti.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Un secondo tentativo avrebbe richiesto un atterraggio proprio nel cuore della citt\u00e0, e non c&#039;era una pista. Cos\u00ec i progettisti si rivolsero all&#039;unico spazio pianeggiante e aperto vicino all&#039;ambasciata: lo stadio di calcio di Amjadieh. Il problema era far entrare e uscire un Hercules da uno spazio lungo appena 180 metri, circondato da ostacoli alti 27 metri.<\/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;\">Trenta razzi e un campo molto corto<\/h2>\r\n<p>La soluzione ingegneristica fu la forza bruta. Lockheed e l&#039;Aeronautica Militare installarono razzi su tutta la fusoliera: motori che si accendevano in avanti per arrestare bruscamente l&#039;aereo in fase di atterraggio, motori che si accendevano verso il basso per ammortizzare la discesa e motori che si accendevano all&#039;indietro per spingerlo in decollo. Aggiungete alettoni a doppia fessura, un gancio d&#039;arresto per il recupero dalle portaerei e un radar per seguire il terreno, ed ecco che nacque l&#039;XFC-130H &quot;Super STOL&quot;.<\/p>\r\n<p>E ha funzionato, almeno all&#039;inizio. Le squadre di collaudo hanno registrato prestazioni al decollo che sembrano uscite da un romanzo di fantascienza.<\/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>\u201cIl carrello anteriore si \u00e8 sollevato di circa due metri da terra dopo una corsa di decollo di tre metri, e l&#039;aereo era gi\u00e0 in volo entro 45 metri dal rilascio dei freni. Nell&#039;arco di un campo da calcio, aveva raggiunto un&#039;altitudine di circa 9 metri e una velocit\u00e0 di 115 nodi.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Colonnello Jerry Thigpen<\/strong> \u2014 &quot;L&#039;astronave Praetorian STARShip: La storia mai raccontata dell&#039;Artiglio da Combattimento&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 che spara bombole per il decollo assistito da razzi.\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Il principio, in scala ridotta: un C-130 spara razzi JATO al decollo. Credible Sport ha portato l&#039;idea a un estremo violento con 30 motori. Foto: Marina degli Stati Uniti<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Il giorno in cui tutto \u00e8 andato storto<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il 29 ottobre 1980, al Wagner Field, nel poligono di tiro di Eglin, l&#039;equipaggio esegu\u00ec l&#039;intera procedura di atterraggio. Poi la sequenza fall\u00ec: i razzi di frenata si accesero nel momento sbagliato, mentre i razzi di ammortizzazione della discesa non si accesero affatto. L&#039;Hercules precipit\u00f2 come un sasso, schiant\u00f2 sul campo e l&#039;ala destra si stacc\u00f2 tra i motori. Scoppi\u00f2 un incendio, che venne domato in pochi secondi. Incredibilmente, tutti ne uscirono illesi.<\/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>\u201cIl mio obiettivo principale nel sostenere questo progetto era quello di ottenere un rapido aumento del numero di velivoli MC-130 rifornibili in volo.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Generale di divisione James Vaught<\/strong> \u2014 Promemoria dell&#039;esercito statunitense, novembre 1980<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Pochi giorni dopo, gli eventi presero il sopravvento. L&#039;Iran accett\u00f2 un piano di rilascio mediato dall&#039;Algeria, Ronald Reagan vinse le elezioni presidenziali e il secondo raid fu accantonato. I 52 ostaggi furono liberati il 20 gennaio 1981. Uno degli esemplari superstiti dell&#039;Hercules con razzo esiste ancora ed \u00e8 conservato in un museo di New York: la prova che l&#039;idea pi\u00f9 folle dell&#039;aviazione per operazioni speciali \u00e8 stata, per poco, anche realt\u00e0.<\/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>Fonti: Colonnello 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;\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/operation-eagle-claw-desert-one-1980\/\">Deserto Uno: La notte in cui tutto and\u00f2 storto<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/operation-tidal-wave-ploesti-raid-1943\/\">Il raid che vol\u00f2 a cinquanta piedi<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nel 1980 gli Stati Uniti fissarono 30 razzi a un C-130 per liberare gli ostaggi di Teheran da uno stadio. 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