Libya had some serious anti-aircraft defenses back then. The Air Force was better at penetration raids. It also makes quite a statement when you can fly in from somewhere completely out of reach to your enemy's military, drop your bombs, then fly home again.
Thanks for the refresher. That makes sense.
Those F-111 pilots did an amazing job. I think they were cramped up in the cockpits for something like 20 hours.
And the reason they were able to do that, was that the FB’s from the 48th TFW were escorted by a single EF-111 Raven, probably the very best electronic warfare aircraft of all time.