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To: laplata
I don’t remember why carrier based aircraft weren’t used from the Mediterranean.

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.

14 posted on 08/23/2018 7:52:04 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp

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.


16 posted on 08/23/2018 7:59:16 AM PDT by laplata (Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: SeeSharp

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.


23 posted on 08/23/2018 8:11:10 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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