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
The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombin
Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)
…operation was terminated after this strike with no losses to the Americans. 35 sailors were killed and there were unknown material losses to the Libyans. 1986 United States bombing of Libya Cooper, Tom (July–August 2002). "'Floggers" in Action: Early MiG-23s in Operational Service". Air Enthusiast. No. 100. pp. 56–67. ISSN 0143-5450…
An American 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft takes off from RAF Lakenheath in April 1986 to participate in an air strike against Libya.
President Ronald Reagan consults bipartisan Congressional leaders about the strike.
President of the United States Ronald Reagan in a briefing with US National Security Council staff on Operation El Dorado Canyon.
Ground crew prepares a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft for an air strike on Libya