Attack Squadron 85 or VA-85 was a long-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was called to active duty as U.S. Navy Reserve squadron VA-859 on 1 February 1951 and redesignated VA-85 on 4 February
VA-85 A-6As over the South China Sea in January 1966. The far aircraft was shot down three months later; both crew members were killed
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
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