[IncredibleHulk]

I was in the Gulf of Sidra and less than 50 miles off their coast when the Libyan fighters where shot down. I was on the USS Forrestal, which was in close and the Nimitz was well out to sea, not even in the Gulf of Sidra. There were dozens of intercepts that day as well as the previous day. I was also stationed in Rota, Spain when we bombed Libya. The F-111 that dropped out of the formation due to engine failure was parked in my hanger until it was repaired and the flap with the Spanish government was concluded.

[wagglebee]

I will always remember that August day in 1981. I was 14 years old and had been old enough to comprehend the end of Vietnam and Carter's total mishandling of Iran. But that day I saw for the first time in my life America fighing back. I really think the first year of Reagan's presidency (his inauguration, the hostages returning, the first shuttle flight and shooting down the Libyan jets) yanked America out of the "Carter malaise." The world has had IMHO only two truly great leaders in the last century (the other being Churchill, who was also portrayed by the left as a trigger-happy dunce), I hope I live long enough to see another as magnificent as Reagan.