The MiG-25s
Yet, the Libyans employed a different jet in their initial 1981 attempt at the defense of the U.S. airline operators. Once the training began, they sent in MiG-25s. It wasn’t long until the warships, including F-4J Phantoms and F-14s, were driven out by planes. And it’d just be the beginning.
The MiG 25s
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The Day Of August 18, 1981
What were the Libyans doing? Well, the aircraft carriers were they wanted to know. And the plane of the Navy functioned as a screen and warned them of it through the airspace. The Libyans deployed 35 aircraft, pair after pair, on August 18, 1981. And throughout the day, the Americans and they junked over the gulf in the sky.
The Day Of August 18, 1981
