Gulf of Sidra incident
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There were two Gulf of Sidra incidents:
- Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, 19 August 1981, two Libyan Su-22 Fitter attack aircraft were shot down by two American F-14 Tomcats off of the Libyan coast.-Background:...
, US-Libyan air engagement over territorial claim, two Libyan jets shot down by F-14 Tomcats from USS Nimitz. - Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)The second Gulf of Sidra incident occurred on 4 January 1989 when two US F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger-Es that gave all appearances of attempting to engage them, as had happened seven years prior in the first Gulf of Sidra incident ....
, US-Libyan air engagement over territorial claim, two Libyan jets shot down by F-14 Tomcats from USS John F. Kennedy.