Gulf Of Sidra Incident (1989)
The second Gulf of Sidra incident occurred on 4 January 1989 when two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that appeared to have been attempting to engage them, as had happened eight years prior in the first Gulf of Sidra incident, in 1981.
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