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)
ZSU-23-4V1
00:00:36, F-111F Remit-31 bombed Bab al-Aziziyah barracks, with 4 GBU-10 LGB.
00:01:28 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 4022m
Target azimuth: 267°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.8s
00:01:29 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 36pcs.
00:01:30 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3698m
Target azimuth: 270°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.4s
00:01:30 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 44pcs.
00:01:31 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3368m
Target azimuth: 274°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.1s
00:01:32 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 56pcs.
00:01:32 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3043m
Target azimuth: 280°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 4.8s
00:01:33 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:01:37 F-111F Remit-32 killed by OFZT.
00:01:37 F-111F Remit-32 killed by OFZT.
00:01:43, F-111F Remit-33 bombed Bab al-Aziziyah barracks, with 4 GBU-10 LGB.
00:02:02 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3956m
Target azimuth: 267°
Target elevation: 12°
Tu: 5.9s
00:02:03 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 44pcs.
00:02:04 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3549m
Target azimuth: 271°
Target elevation: 14°
Tu: 5.5s
00:02:05 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 48pcs.
00:02:06 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3183m
Target azimuth: 278°
Target elevation: 15°
Tu: 5.2s
00:02:07 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:02:07 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 2857m
Target azimuth: 286°
Target elevation: 17°
Tu: 5.2s
00:02:08 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:02:10 F-111F Remit-33 killed by OFZT.
00:02:10 F-111F Remit-33 killed by BZT.
00:02:10 F-111F Remit-33 killed by OFZT.
00:02:10 F-111F Remit-33 killed by OFZT.
00:03:55, F-111F Karma-51bombed the French Embassy, with 4 GBU-10 LGB..
00:04:13 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 4227m
Target azimuth: 260°
Target elevation: 11°
Tu: 6.3s
00:04:14 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 44pcs.
00:04:15 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3826m
Target azimuth: 264°
Target elevation: 13°
Tu: 5.7s
00:04:16 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 48pcs.
00:04:16 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3450m
Target azimuth: 268°
Target elevation: 14°
Tu: 5.3s
00:04:17 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 56pcs.
00:04:18 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3090m
Target azimuth: 275°
Target elevation: 16°
Tu: 5s
00:04:19 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 48pcs.
00:04:19 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 2822m
Target azimuth: 282°
Target elevation: 17°
Tu: 5s
00:04:20 F-111F Karma-51 killed by OFZT.
00:04:20 F-111F Karma-51 killed by OFZT.
00:04:20 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 28pcs.
00:04:22 F-111F Karma-51 killed by OFZT.
00:04:22 F-111F Karma-51 killed by OFZT.
00:04:22 F-111F Karma-51 killed by BZT.
00:04:22 F-111F Karma-51 killed by OFZT.
00:04:43 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 4365m
Target azimuth: 272°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 6.4s
00:04:44 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 48pcs.
00:04:45 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3920m
Target azimuth: 276°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.8s
00:04:46 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 56pcs.
00:04:47 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3527m
Target azimuth: 280°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.3s
00:04:47 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:04:48 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3170m
Target azimuth: 286°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5s
00:04:49 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:04:49 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 2901m
Target azimuth: 292°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5s
00:04:50 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 56pcs.
00:04:51 F-111F Karma-52 killed by OFZT.
00:05:18 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 4463m
Target azimuth: 271°
Target elevation: 0°
Tu: 6.5s
00:05:19 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:05:20 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 4013m
Target azimuth: 275°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.9s
00:05:21 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:05:22 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3614m
Target azimuth: 279°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.4s
00:05:23 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 60pcs.
00:05:23 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 3247m
Target azimuth: 284°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5.1s
00:05:24 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 52pcs.
00:05:24 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 2947m
Target azimuth: 291°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 5s
00:05:26 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 64pcs.
00:05:26 F-111F Karma-53 hit by OFZT.
00:05:26 F-111F Karma-53 killed by BZT.
00:05:26 ZSU-23-4V1 opened fire by all tubes.
Target distance: 2646m
Target azimuth: 301°
Target elevation: 1°
Tu: 6s
00:05:26 ZSU-23-4V1 closed fire, and shot 12pcs.
00:05:36, F-111F Jewel-61 bombed Murat Sidi Bilal Naval base, with 4 GBU-10 LGB.