The USAF's Longest Fighter Combat Mission Ever, Operation El Dorado Canyon 86 - Animated

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After bomb goes off in a Berlin night club, US President Ronald Reagan orders a long range strike against military targets in Muamar Gaddafi's Libya. USAF F-111 Aardvarks take off from RAF bases in the UK to conduct what would become the longest fighter combat mission in history.

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