Operation Eldorado Canyon : the 1986 US bombing raid in Libya /
"In the early 1980s, the boogieman du jour was Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, who sponsored numerous acts of terrorism throughout Europe. After a series of attacks resulted in American deaths, U.S. President Ronald Reagan elected to strike back.Operation Eldorado Canyon is usually remembered as...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wien, Austria :
Harpia Publishing,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "In the early 1980s, the boogieman du jour was Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, who sponsored numerous acts of terrorism throughout Europe. After a series of attacks resulted in American deaths, U.S. President Ronald Reagan elected to strike back.Operation Eldorado Canyon is usually remembered as a long-range mission by British-based F-111s. However, it was an amazingly complex mission that involved two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and a unique air refueling plan that involved more than half of the then new KC-10 tanker inventory. For the first time, the events leading up to this operation are described, including previously unrevealed contingency operations, missions testing the ability of the F-111s to fly such an extended mission, and the mission itself from the crews that flew it." |
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| Physical Description: | 253 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), colour maps ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliography and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781950394128 1950394123 |