Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - F-14As kubva kuVF-102 yakapfurwa neLibya SA-5 surface-to-air missiles pamusoro peGulf of Sidra panguva yeRusununguko rweNavigation maekisesaizi sechikamu cheOperation Attain Document musi wa24 Kurume 1986. Zvombo zvacho hazvina kurova ndege dzeF-14. Gare gare musi iwoyo, F-14As kubva kuVF-33 yakabata maviri eLibya MiG-25 "Foxbats" achienda kuU.S. navy. VaRibhiya vakanyengerwa neTomcats, iyo yakava shure kweMiG-25s, asi vaAmerica havana kugamuchira mvumo yokuzarura moto. Zviitiko izvi uye kumwezve kuvhurwa kwamaroketi epasi-nemhepo zvakakurudzira U.S. Navy kutanga Operation Prairie Fire
. F-14 Tomcats yakapa fighter cover mukati mekuvhiya.