Operation El Dorado Canyon was a United States air strike on 15 April 1986 against targets in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, in retaliation for the Libyan-sponsored bombing of a West Berlin discotheque that killed American servicemen. U.S. Air Force F-111 bombers and Navy carrier aircraft struck command centers, training camps and airfields; one F-111 was shot down, killing its two-man crew, while Libya suffered dozens of military and civilian casualties. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Operation Type LocationTripoli and Benghazi, Libya 1 ParticipantsUnited States Air Force 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (F-111F), United States Navy carrier air wings from USS America and USS Coral Sea 1 ObjectiveReduce Libya's capacity to support and train terrorists in retaliation for the bombing of a West Berlin nightclub 1 OutcomeGround targets in Tripoli and Benghazi were destroyed; one U.S. F-111 was shot down with both crew killed; Libya suffered an estimated 40 to 60 casualties 1 Operation Type
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Operation El Dorado Canyon, the 1986 airstrikes on Libya, was flown in part by United States Air Force F-111s from bases in England
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Operation El Dorado Canyon was flown in part by United States Navy carrier aircraft in the Mediterranean
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The United States Air Force (USAF), Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing ten days earlier, which U.S. president Ronald Reagan blamed on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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Today, we have done what we had to do. If necessary, we shall do it again.
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