A DCS Reenactment of the 1989 incident near Tobruk on January 4th. Two Grumman F-14A Tomcats from VF-32 Swordsmen of the United States Navy shot down two Libyan-operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23s which the Americans believed were attempting to engage them, as had happened eight years 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. Articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1

#OTD in 1989, two F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers near Tobruk after the Libyan fighters made maneuvers that the American pilots believed displayed ''clear hostile intent'' over international waters. | U.S. Naval Institute