Editing Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (section)

===1975–1989===
One of the first major operations in which the ships were involved was [[Operation Eagle Claw]] launched by ''Nimitz'' in 1980 after she had deployed to the Indian Ocean in response to the [[Iran hostage crisis|taking of hostages]] in the U.S. embassy in [[Tehran]].<ref name="Cold war ship"/> Although initially part of the [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet]],<ref name="NVR Dwight D. Eisenhower"/> ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' relieved ''Nimitz'' in this operation after her service in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref name="DANFS Nimitz"/> ''Nimitz'' conducted a [[Freedom of Navigation]] exercise alongside the aircraft carrier {{USS|Forrestal|CV-59|6}} in August 1981 in the [[Gulf of Sidra]], near [[Libya]]. During this exercise, two of the ship's F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan aircraft in what became known as the [[Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)|Gulf of Sidra incident]].<ref name="Love: History">{{cite book |title=History of the U.S.Navy: 1942–1991 v. 2 |last=Love |first=Robert William |year=1992 |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=[[Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania]] |isbn=978-0-8117-1863-9 |page=755}}</ref> Both ''Nimitz'' and ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' conducted contingency operations off Lebanon in support of the [[Multinational Force in Lebanon]].<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/about-us/leadership/hgram_pdfs/H-Gram_080-1.pdf navy.mil]</ref> ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' operated off the coast of Lebanon during Operation Arid Farmer, the code-name for U.S. military assistance to [[Sudan]], [[Egypt]] and the government of [[Hissène Habré]] of [[Chad]] during the [[Chadian-Libyan conflict]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20071012220208/http://acig.org/artman/publish/article_357.shtml</ref> ''Nimitz'' operated off the coast of Lebanon after the hijacking of [[TWA Flight 847]].<ref>https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/06/17/Navy-official-says-rescue-mission-all-but-impossible/1953487828800/</ref> In 1987, ''Carl Vinson'' participated in the first U.S. carrier deployment in the [[Bering Sea]],<ref>" http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/c/cvn-70/1987.pdf 1987 Command History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125074330/http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/c/cvn-70/1987.pdf |date=25 November 2011}}" U.S. Navy report. 6 December 1988.</ref> and ''Nimitz'' provided security during the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympic Games]] in [[Seoul]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Pen and Sword: A Journalist's Guide to Covering the Military |last=Offley |first=Ed |year=2001 |publisher=Marion Street Press |location=[[Portland, Oregon]] |isbn=978-0-9665176-4-4 |page=224}}</ref> Both ''Nimitz'' and ''Carl Vinson'' participated in [[Operation Earnest Will]], the escort of U.S. flagged [[Tanker (ship)|tankers]] in the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref>http://www.uscarriers.net/cvn70history.htm</ref><ref>[https://www.airpac.navy.mil/Organization/USS-Nimitz-CVN-68/About-Us/History/ navy.mil]</ref>