Operation Shed Light happened in 1967.
Operation Arc Light happened in 1965.
If you said to someone, "Can you shed light on this?" it means "Can you explain this?"
There are many ways that you can accomlish this. You can use a solar powered light or you can fix a cordles mount light to your shed.
A wait and see lag is a delay in making some decision, while you wait to see if something will happen which will shed some light on the decision in question.
Operation Veritable happened in 1945.
Operation Sunstar happened in 1941.
Operation Roundabout happened in 1943.
Operation Birke happened in 1944.
Operation Medusa happened in 2006.
Operation Crackers happened in 1943.
Operation Askari happened in 1983.
Operation Python happened in 1971.