jan 4, 1989 - 1989 air battle near Tobruk
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On 4 January 1989, two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Soviet manufactured[1] Libyan MiG-23 Floggers which the Americans believed were attempting to engage them, as had happened eight years prior during the Gulf of Sidra incident, in 1981.
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