Keywords: F-4J of VF-74 with Libyan MiG-23 over Gulf of Sidra 1981.jpg A U S Navy McDonnell F-4J Phantom II of Fighter Squadron VF-74 Be-Devilers escorting a Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 over Gulf of Sidra in August 1981 VF-74 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 CVW-17 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal CV-59 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 2 March to 15 September 1981 <br /> On 19 August 1981 two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 attack aircraft fired upon and were subsequently shot down by two U S Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcats of VF-41 assigned to CVW-8 aboard the USS Nimitz CVN-68 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 26581 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7268 023 1981-08 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4J Phantom II Aerial photographs of F-4 Phantom II in flight Fighter Squadron 74 United States Navy MiG-23 in Libyan service 1981 in aviation in Libya Relations of Libya and the United States |