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    Operation Prime Chance (August 1987 – June 1989) was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers...
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    performance operating armed OH-58Ds in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Prime Chance, and that the type be used primarily for scouting and armed reconnaissance...
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    warships were in the region to support the operation. Earnest Will overlapped with Operation Prime Chance, a largely secret effort to stop Iranian forces...
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    Master Aviator in the 160th SOAR after participating in combat operations Prime Chance, Just Cause, and Desert Storm, and also Gothic Serpent, in which...
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    Bridgeton incident Iran–Iraq War Operation Prime Chance Operation Praying Mantis Peniston, Bradley (2006). "Photos: Operation Nimble Archer". No Higher Honor...
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    replenishment of fuel and supplies to the USS Enterprise Battle Group Operation Prime Chance Operation Martyr Soleimani Bridgeton incident Iran Air Flight 655 The...
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    Navy warships and leased oil barges in a secret sub-part called Operation Prime Chance, and became the first helicopter pilots to use night vision goggles...
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  • military operations in the Persian Gulf, including Operation Earnest Will, the naval escort of Kuwaiti-owned tankers; Operation Prime Chance, the secret...
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    Mission Support Activity (MSA), Office of Military Support (OMS), Field Operations Group (FOG), Studies and Analysis Activity (SAA), Tactical Concept Activity...
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    Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) to provide surveillance and patrols in cooperation with other U.S. special operations units in Operation Prime Chance...
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    conflict since then, notably in the Persian Gulf (operations Prime Chance and Earnest Will 1987-88, Operation Snowcap 1987-1995, the U.S. invasion of Panama...
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    Operation Prime Chance in the Persian Gulf amidst the Iran–Iraq War. Shortly thereafter, he commanded a battalion within 160th SOAR during Operation Desert...
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    SEAL Team Six (category United States Joint Special Operations Command)
    SEAL Team Six, is the United States Navy component of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). The unit is often referred to within JSOC as Task Force...
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    118 had flown the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior off naval vessels during Operation Prime Chance in the 1980s, operating against Iran in the Persian Gulf. It was...
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    expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces. The U.S. Marine...
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    Iranian naval forces. A secret plan was put in place and dubbed Operation Prime Chance. Navy SEAL Teams 1 and 2 along with several Special Boat Units and EOD...
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  • Iran–Contra affair Operation Staunch Operation Eager Glacier Operation Earnest Will Operation Prime Chance Operation Nimble Archer Operation Praying Mantis...
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    United States Naval Special Warfare Command (category Special operations units and formations of the United States Navy)
    of United States Special Operations Command, the unified command that oversees and conducts the nation's special operations and missions. Originating...
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    Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force...
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    (Corps)(Airborne). The brigade has since participated in Operation Prime Chance in the Persian Gulf, Operation Just Cause in Panama, and "Desert Shield and Storm"...
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    A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that...
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    the international sea lanes through the Persian Gulf in Operation Prime Chance. The operation lasted until 1989. On April 18, 1988, the US retaliated...
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  • convoy operation since World War II. 1987–1988: Persian Gulf: Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended...
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    militias to attack the MEK. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced that the militant group would not be allowed to base its operations from Iraqi soil. On 23...
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    scenarios in the middle east including Operation Prime Chance in 1987. On 25 October 1983, as part of Operation Urgent Fury, the 325th Airborne Infantry...
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    took part in Operation Earnest Will in 1986–1987 and supported Army special operations helicopters conducting Operation Prime Chance. Operation Praying Mantis...
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    supported Operation Prime Chance in the Persian Gulf. In August 1990, the battalion returned to the Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Shield...
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    and Purple Heart. Richards led naval special operations forces during Operation Prime Chance and Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf. Richards...
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    Persian Gulf in 1988 and 1990. She participated in Operation Earnest Will and Operation Prime Chance. In 1993, Taylor changed homeport to Mayport, Florida...
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    also participated in Operation Prime Chance, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Shield, transported Kurdish refugees in Operation Provide Comfort, and...
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