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Blast from the past: "France Denies Airspace Use For Raid"
The Evening Independent ^
| April 15, 1986
Posted on 03/19/2011 6:32:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
03/19/2011 6:32:32 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Libya Denounces 'cowardly' Raid .
Rock Hill Herald - Apr 15, 1986
France and Spain both objected to the US attack and denied per mission to the to fly through their airspace en route to the raid. The Libyan government ...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ai8tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E70EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1454,8256387&dq=france+denies+airspace+to+us+planes+libya&hl=en
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posted on
03/19/2011 6:33:58 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: BenLurkin
Well, if France and Spain want to do all this on their own, let them.
To: BenLurkin
He was in a tent. And we missed.
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posted on
03/19/2011 6:45:15 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/19/2011 6:48:52 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: BenLurkin
That article was the 1986 Reagan raid...
I was expecting this to be France not participating because they don’t want to upset Gadhaffi in case he wins,, and possibly interrupting their oil allocation.
To: BenLurkin
The afteraction reports strongly suggest that the one American aircrew of a F-111 that was lost, due to a Libyan SAM, which they failed to detect/avoid, may have died because of fatigue/stress due to the multiple midair refuelings and thousand mile + extended trip, because they could NOT overfly France.
IOW..the Froggies are responsible for their loss...
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posted on
03/19/2011 7:25:56 PM PDT
by
ken5050
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To: BenLurkin
If you will remember the French Embassy “accidentally” got bombed during the raid. A real tragedy.
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posted on
03/19/2011 9:45:22 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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