August 19th, 1981 – Two F-14 Tomcats of VF-41 shoot down two Libyan (Su 22) Sukhoi aircraft over international waters. Flying off USS Nimitz (CVA(N) 68), the Tomcats are on a reconnaissance mission for a missile-firing exercise being conducted by U.S. ships from two carrier battle groups when they are fired on by the Libyan planes

John Currin (JC) posted August 19th, 1981 – Two F-14 Tomcats of VF-41 shoot down two Libyan (Su 22) Sukhoi aircraft over international waters. Flying off USS Nimitz (CVA(N) 68), the Tomcats are on a reconnaissance mission for a missile-firing exercise being conducted by U.S. ships from two carrier battle groups when they are fired on by the Libyan planes https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zNVgRrhIU0k/V7dCTh_fwyI/AAAAAAAAYDA/mZn0NOr4YL4pAPlErBBDB6eezljuKBtQgCJoC/a9afafbe-6ac0-4f70-9d1a-e40373cd6eaf?imgmax=1024
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