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Libyan MiG-23 pilot tells the story of a memorable dogfight he had with US Navy F-14 Tomcats

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Libyan MiG-23 pilot tells the story of a memorable dogfight he had with US Navy F-14 Tomcats

Dario Leone

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VF-41 Black Aces F-14 Tomcat crew members who took part in Gulf of Sidra Incident recall the shooting down of Gaddafi Sukhoi Su-22M Fitter fighter bombers

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

VF-41 Black Aces F-14 Tomcat crew members who took part in Gulf of Sidra Incident recall the shooting down of Gaddafi Sukhoi Su-22M Fitter fighter bombers

Dario Leone

Tomcat 4-Libya 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Qaddafi’s MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra on Jan. 4, 1989

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

Tomcat 4-Qaddafi 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Libyan MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra on Jan. 4, 1989

Dario Leone

The Libyan MiG-23 pilot that fled to a Greek WW II airfield and all the skirmishes between Gaddafi’s fighters and US and French reconnaissance aircraft until early 1981

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The Libyan MiG-23 pilot that fled to a Greek WW II airfield and all the skirmishes between Gaddafi’s fighters and US and French reconnaissance aircraft until early 1981

Dario Leone

When Gaddafi ordered a MiG-23 to collide with a Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 to demonstrate negative effects of international sanctions imposed on Libya

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

When Gaddafi ordered a MiG-23 to collide with a Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 to demonstrate negative effects of international sanctions imposed on Libya

Engaging MiG-23 Fighters and Buzzing Mi-2 Helicopters: Two unknown Tomcat Stories Told by a Former US Naval Aviator who flew the Mighty F-14 Over the Gulf of Sidra

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Engaging MiG-23 Fighters and Buzzing Helicopters: Unknown Tomcat Stories Told by a Retired Vice Admiral who flew the Mighty F-14 Over the Gulf of Sidra

Ryan W. Gilchrist

That time an IrAF MiG-23ML mistakenly shot down an IRIAF F-14A that was defecting to Iraq

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part Three: Single-Engined F-14s and the Iran-Iraq War

When the Foxbat Feared the Bones: VF-84 F-14s Vs Libyan MiG-25s

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

When the Foxbat Feared the Bones: VF-84 F-14s Vs Libyan MiG-25s

Dario Leone

The Day Gaddafi’s Su-22s claimed to have Shot Down a US Navy F-14. And a Libyan Fitter Pilot became a “Tomcat Killer.”

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The Day Gaddafi’s Su-22s claimed to have Shot Down a US Navy F-14. And a Libyan Fitter Pilot became a “Tomcat Killer.”

Dario Leone

That Time Gaddafi Scrambled 70 Fighters to Intercept US Navy Aircraft that Crossed the Line of Death

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

That Time Gaddafi Scrambled 70 Fighters to Intercept US Navy Aircraft that Crossed the Line of Death

Dario Leone

Here’s why the Libyan MiG-23 that crashed on Mount Sila was not involved in the Ustica Massacre

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Here’s why the Libyan MiG-23 that crashed on Mount Sila was not involved in the Ustica Massacre

Dario Leone

Libyan MiG-23 pilot remembers a memorable dogfight with U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Libyan MiG-23 pilot remembers a memorable dogfight with U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats

Dario Leone

F-14 Vs MiG-25: when U.S. Navy Tomcats outmanoeuvred Gaddafi’s Foxbats over the Gulf of Syrte

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

F-14 Vs MiG-25: when U.S. Navy Tomcats outmanoeuvred Gaddafi’s Foxbats over the Gulf of Sidra

Dario Leone

Tomcat 4-Libya 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Qaddafi’s MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra on Jan. 4, 1989

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

Tomcat 4-Qaddafi 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Libyan MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra on Jan. 4, 1989

Dario Leone

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