Description The United States bombing of Libya (code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon) comprised the joint United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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April / 1986
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April / 1986
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember Mark Lockhart Jeff Thomas
Memories We were prepped to go TDY from Bitburg AFB to Tyndall AFB for a live fire excercise. The past weeks were geared to making sure we had all the systems ready so our planes and pilots would cert. The maintainers all left to fly out and get ready and we were told the planes would come when they came. Come to find out they took the planes and pilots but no maintainers to support the Operation. Very hush hush. The planes finallyshowed up in Florida and it was quite a while before I knew what happened. While not actually there I felt like a participant...sometimes your not on the orders.