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| 1986 United States bombing of Libya (Operation El Dorado Canyon) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Cold War | |||||||||
 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. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United States |
 Libya | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ronald Reagan Caspar Weinberger |
Muammar Gaddafi | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1 F-111 shot down 2 aircrew killed Libyan claim: 3 aircraft shot down |
45 soldiers and officials killed 3–5 IL-76s destroyed 14 MiG-23s destroyed 2 helicopters destroyed 5 major ground radars destroyed | ||||||||
| 15 Libyan civilians killed | |||||||||
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