The Gulf of Sidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulf of Sirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt, is a body...

In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, 19 August 1981, two Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon two U.S. F-14 Tomcats and were subsequently shot down off the...

in the Gulf of Sidra, codenamed Operation Prairie Fire, the United States Navy deployed aircraft carrier groups in the disputed Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean...

Gulf of Sidra incident or Gulf of Sidra incidents may refer to: Gulf of Sidra incident (1981), US-Libyan air engagement over territorial claim, two Russian-made...

Gulf of Sidra offensive may refer to any one of several military operations launched during the Libyan Crisis: First Gulf of Sidra offensive, fought 26...

Libyan Sea Gulf of Sidra Gulf of Gabès Strait of Sicily Gulf of Tunis Inland Sea, Gozo Sea of Sardinia Gulf of Asinara Black Sea Gulf of Burgas Karkinit...

Look up sidra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sidra may refer to: Sidra (name) Gulf of Sidra, a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern...

resulting in loss of an A-6 Intruder and an A-7 Corsair. Carrier battle groups routinely operated in the Gulf of Sidra inside the "Line of Death" proclaimed...

prior during the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident. The engagement took place over the Mediterranean Sea, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Tobruk, Libya. In 1973...

in U.S. Navy service on 19 August 1981 over the Gulf of Sidra in what is known as the Gulf of Sidra incident. In that engagement, two F-14s from VF-41...

This is a list of notable fixed-wing military air combat victories since the end of the Vietnam War grouped by the year that the victory occurred. This...

Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized: xalij-e fârs, lit. 'Gulf of Fars', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]), sometimes called the Arabian Gulf (Arabic:...

anti-Gaddafi Libyans. After years of occasional skirmishes with Libya over Libyan territorial claims to the Gulf of Sidra, the United States contemplated...

two Grumman F-14 Tomcats of the V-84 Jolly Rogers engaged two Libyan Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter's over the Gulf of Sidra. One Su-22 opened fire on...

international traffic. This position, which is similar to that of Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, is not recognized by some other countries, such as the United...

sunk in the Gulf of Sidra. Later, on 23 March 1986, a Libyan Navy patrol boat was sunk in the Gulf of Sidra, followed by the sinking of another Libyan...

The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. Null...

occurred over the Gulf of Sirte in the Mediterranean Sea. US F-14 Tomcat jets fired anti-aircraft missiles against a formation of Libyan fighter jets...

a Mediterranean coastal town on the Gulf of Sidra in central-northeastern Libya. It is in the Al Wahat District of the Cyrenaica region. It was in the...

boat in the western Gulf of Sidra were killed in international waters claimed by the Libyan government.[citation needed] The site of the bombing, a discothèque...

shortest shipping route between the multinational Gulf of Trieste and the Libyan coastline of the Gulf of Sidra is about 1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi). The water...

the first Gulf of Sidra incident, although they were not involved in any actual combats on this occasion. In the mid-1980s, newer versions of the MiG-23...

Gulf of Aqaba (Arabic: خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة, romanized: Khalīj al-ʿAqaba) or Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, romanized: Mifrátz Eilát) is a large gulf...

the Gulf of Sidra, which was claimed by Libya to be the Line of Death. Libya claimed its territorial waters extended across the entire Gulf of Sidra as...

The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman (Arabic: خليج عمان khalīj ʿumān; Persian: دریای عمان daryâ-ye omân), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran (Arabic:...

In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats from the USS Nimitz engaged and shot down two Libyan Su-22s off of the Libyan coast...

The Second Gulf of Sidra offensive was a military operation in the First Libyan Civil War conducted by rebel anti-Gaddafi forces in August and September...

The Gulf of Carpentaria (/kɑːrpənˈtɛəriə/) is a sea off the northern coast of Australia. It is enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded...

The Gulf of California (Spanish: Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion...

The Gulf of St. Lawrence fringes the shores of the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, in...