On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked by terrorists to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. In the following days, passengers were singled out and held hostage. A week later, a small band of Israeli commandos raced 2,500 miles from Israel to Entebbe in the middle of the night and in ninety minutes killed all of the hijackers and freed 103 hostages. The terrorists were supported by Ugandan president Idi Amin, and this marked one of the first times the leader of a nation backed terrorist activities. The mission was named Operation Thunderbolt and it has become a legendary antiterrorist tale, and is especially pertinent to what is going on in the world today.
