Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 23 ga Maris, 1986, yayin da yake aiki a gabar tekun Libiya, jirgin sama daga "Saratoga", ya tsallaka abin da shugaban Libiya Muammar al-Gaddafi ya kira "Layin Mutuwa" kuma wannan ya karu zuwa
Ayyuka a cikin Gulf of Sidra (1986). Kashegari, jiragen ruwa na Amurka guda uku sun haye wannan layin latitude na 32 ° 30 'na Arewa. Sa'o'i biyu bayan haka, dakarun Libiya sun harba makamai masu linzami na SA-5 "Gammon" daga garin Sirte da ke gabar teku. Makamai masu linzami sun rasa manufofin su na F-14 kuma sun fadi cikin ruwa ba tare da lahani ba. Daga baya a wannan yammacin, jirgin saman Amurka ya dawo da jirgin saman yaki na MiG-25 na Libya guda biyu a kan Gulf of Sidra da ake jayayya. A sakamakon haka, wani A-6E Intruder ya kai hari kan jirgin ruwan 'yan bindigar Libya da ke aiki a kan "Layin Mutuwa". Daga baya a wannan daren, jirgin sama na VA-81 ya zama rukuni na decoy don harin VA-83 na HARM akan shafin radar na Libya a Sirte. A ƙarshe, jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa sun hallaka jiragen ruwa uku na Libya da kuma radar.