Operation Earnest Will was an American naval convoy during this war.
Operation Earnest Will was an American naval convoy during this war. Tensions flared during this war when an American-flagged tanker, the Bridgeton, struck a mine, leading the United States to carry out anti-mine patrols and sink mine-laying ships. During this war, the USS Stark was nearly sunk by missiles from a single fighter jet. The frigate Sahand was sunk during a US Navy hunt for its sister ship, the notorious Sabalan, during this war. During this war, the United States destroyed oil fields in Operation Praying Mantis and the USS Vincennes used its AEGIS missile system to shoot down a civilian airliner. For 10 points, name this 1980's war notable for the use of chemical weapons by then-US ally Saddam Hussein against Ayatollah Khomeni.
Operation Earnest Will was an American naval convoy during this war.
{Iran-Iraq} War [do not accept or prompt on Gulf War or Iraq War]