2:00am 15th of April, 1986.
Operation El-Dorado Canyon raid against Tripoli.
Targets:
Bab al-Aziziyah barracks - 6 F-111F Aardvark, each armed with 4 GBU-10 LGB
Murat Sidi Bilal Naval base - 3 F-111F Aardvark, each armed with 4 GBU-10 LGB
Tripoli AFB - 5 F-111F Aardvark, each armed with 12 Mk.82/BSU-49 high-drag bombs
Supporting force:
6 A-7E Corsair-II SEAD (VA-46 Clansmen, VA-72 Blue Hawks from the CV-66 USS America)
4 F-14A Tomcat CAP (VF-33 Starfighters, VF-102 Diamondbacks from the CV-66 USS America)
3 EF-111A Raven ECM
1 EA-6B Prowler ECM (VMAQ-2 Playboys from the CV-43 USS America)
S-125M1 Neva
00:00:36, F-111F Remit-31 bombed Bab al-Aziziyah barracks, with 4 GBU-10 LGB.
00:01:00, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-1
Target distance: 12km
Target azimuth: 326°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:01:06, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-2
Target distance: 10km
Target azimuth: 331°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:01:11, A-7E Corsair-II No.1, VA-46 Clansmen launched AGM-88 HARM missile No. 1
00:01:15, Missile exploded on Channel-1
F-111F Remit-33 killed by SAM. (miss distance: 25m)00:01:20, Missile exploded on Channel-2
F-111F Remit-33 killed by SAM. (miss distance: 23m)
00:03:18, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-1
Target distance: 11km
Target azimuth: 333°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:03:23, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-2
Target distance: 10km
Target azimuth: 339°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:03:30, A-7E Corsair-II No.2, VA-46 Clansmen launched AGM-88 HARM missile No. 1
00:03:31, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-1
Target distance: 9km
Target azimuth: 349°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:03:36, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-2
Target distance: 8km
Target azimuth: 358°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:03:44, Missile exploded on Channel-1
F-111F Karma-51 hit by SAM. (miss distance: 111m)
00:03:49, Missile exploded on Channel-2
F-111F Karma-51 killed by SAM. (miss distance: 37m)00:05:36, F-111F Jewel-61 bombed Murat Sidi Bilal Naval base, with 4 GBU-10 LGB.
00:06:08, F-111F Jewel-62 bombed Murat Sidi Bilal Naval base, with 4 GBU-10 LGB.
00:06:24, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-1
Target distance: 18km
Target azimuth: 298°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:06:29, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-2
Target distance: 16km
Target azimuth: 294°
Target elevation: 0°
Target altitude: 49m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:06:36, A-7E Corsair-II No.2, VA-72 Blue Hawks launched AGM-88 HARM missile No. 1
00:06:41, F-111F Jewel-63 bombed Murat Sidi Bilal Naval base, with 4 GBU-10 LGB.
00:06:49, F-111F Puffy-11 bombed Tripoli AFB, with 12 Mk.82/BSU-49 high-drag bombs.
00:06:50, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-1
Target distance: 12km
Target azimuth: 277°
Target elevation: 3°
Target altitude: 839m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:06:56, V601P 5V27U Missile launched on Channel-2
Target distance: 13km
Target azimuth: 273°
Target elevation: 3°
Target altitude: 840m
Missile guidance method: PS (Lead)
00:07:19, Missile exploded on Channel-1
F-111F Jewel-63 hit by SAM. (miss distance: 107m)00:07:53, F-111F Lujac-24 bombed Tripoli AFB, with 12 Mk.82/BSU-49 high-drag bombs.
00:08:28, F-111F Lujac-22 bombed Tripoli AFB, with 12 Mk.82/BSU-49 high-drag bombs.
00:09:00, F-111F Lujac-23 bombed Tripoli AFB, with 12 Mk.82/BSU-49 high-drag bombs.
Total, SNR On Air Time: 3min 10sec
... and I survived