Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waKurume 23, 1986, ichishanda kubva kumahombekombe eLibya, ndege kubva ku "Saratoga", uye yakayambuka izvo mutungamiri weLibya Muammar al-Gaddafi akange adaidza kuti "Mutsara Werufu" uye izvi zvakawedzera kuita Chiito muGulf of Sidra (1986)
. Zuva rakatevera racho, ngarava nhatu dzehondo dzeU.S. Navy dzakayambuka 32° 30' North latitude line. Maawa maviri gare gare, mauto eLibya akapfura zvombo zveSA-5 "Gammon" zvepasi-kune-mhepo kubva mutaundi riri pamhenderekedzo yegungwa reSirte. Zvombo zvacho hazvina kubata zvavaida uye zvakawira mumvura zvisingakuvadzi. Gare gare masikati iwayo, ndege dzeU.S. dzakadzosa ndege mbiri dzehondo dzeLibya dzeMiG-25 pamusoro peGulf yeSidra ine gakava. Mukupindura A-6E Intruder yakarwisa chikepe cheLibya chema rocket chaishanda pa"Mutsetse Worufu". Gare gare usiku ihwohwo, ndege dzeVA-81 dzakashanda seboka rinonyengera nokuda kweVA-83's HARM kurwisa nzvimbo yeRadar yeLibya yeRadar paSirte. Pakuguma, zvikepe zvitatu zveLibya zvaifamba-famba uye nzvimbo yeradar zvakaparadzwa nendege dzeNavy.