Operation El Dorado Canyon

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airstrike campaign military operation

Operation El Dorado Canyon was the 1986 U.S. airstrike campaign against Libya ordered by President Ronald Reagan in response to Libyan-sponsored terrorism.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
1986 U.S. Operation Prairie Fire	1
Operation El Dorado Canyon canonical	1
U.S. bombing of Libya in 1986	1
U.S.–Libya aerial engagements	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airstrike campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1986 United States bombing of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualties	Libyan civilians killed ⓘ Libyan military personnel killed ⓘ
commandedBy	Robert L. Wetzel NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Crowe NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateYear	1986 ⓘ
endDate	1986-04-15 ⓘ
involvedUnit	United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
justification	self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter ⓘ
launchedFrom	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Benghazi NERFINISHED ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentLeader	Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED ⓘ
orderedBy	Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Libya–United States military confrontations NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
reason	response to Libyan-sponsored terrorism ⓘ retaliation for the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing ⓘ
result	Libyan casualties ⓘ U.S. tactical success ⓘ one U.S. F-111F lost ⓘ
startDate	1986-04-15 ⓘ
target	Bab al-Azizia compound NERFINISHED ⓘ Libyan air defenses ⓘ Libyan government facilities ⓘ Libyan military installations ⓘ terrorist training facilities ⓘ
theater	Mediterranean theater ⓘ
usedAircraft	A-6E Intruder NERFINISHED ⓘ A-7E Corsair II NERFINISHED ⓘ EA-6B Prowler NERFINISHED ⓘ EF-111A Raven NERFINISHED ⓘ F-111F Aardvark NERFINISHED ⓘ F-14 Tomcat NERFINISHED ⓘ F/A-18 Hornet NERFINISHED ⓘ KC-10 Extender NERFINISHED ⓘ KC-135 Stratotanker NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedForceType	air power ⓘ
usedWeapon	conventional bombs ⓘ cruise missiles ⓘ laser-guided bombs ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Dynamics F-111 → usedInConflict → Operation El Dorado Canyon ⓘ

Gaddafi era → keyEvent → Operation El Dorado Canyon ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. bombing of Libya in 1986

Gulf of Sidra → wasSiteOf → Operation El Dorado Canyon ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S.–Libya aerial engagements

Gulf of Sidra → wasSiteOf → Operation El Dorado Canyon ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1986 U.S. Operation Prairie Fire