Muammar Gaddafi19 August 1981
United States aircraft shoot down two Libyan fighters during naval exercises.
Libya · Government / Government of Libya. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
United States aircraft shoot down two Libyan fighters during naval exercises.
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