1989 air battle near Tobruk
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On 4 January 1989, two Grumman F-14A Tomcats of the United States Navy shot down two Libyan-operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Flogger-G which the American aircrews believed were attempting to engage
Gun camera still of the lead F-14A showing the second MiG-23ML exploding after being hit by an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile
A simplified depiction of the incident
A MiG-23 silhouette was painted onto Gypsy 202 after the engagement; it was removed prior to returning from cruise.
159610 on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
In the Action in the Gulf of Sidra, codenamed Operation Prairie Fire, the United States Navy deployed aircraft carrier groups in the disputed Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea. Libya had claimed
A VMFA-314 F/A-18A lands on USS Coral Sea
Operation Attain Document III in March 1986.
An A-7 aboard USS America during flight operations against Libya in 1986
A F-14 from VF-74 lands on USS Saratoga