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Grumman F-14A Tomcat Diecast Model
USN VF-32 Swordsmen, AC202, USS John F. Kennedy, Gulf of Sidra, January 4th 1989
1:72 Scale Length 10.25" Width 10.75"
Grumman F-14A Tomcat
Libya declared the Gulf of Sidra as territorial waters but the US disputed this and in 1981 Libya lost two jet fighters. On January 4, 1989 there was a second Gulf of Sidra incident when two Libyan MiG-23s headed towards the USS Kennedy battle group. One F-14 from VF-14 "Tophatters" and one from VF-32 "Swordsmen" turned toward the MiGs as a warning. As the opposing forces advanced the F-14s broke off several times to tell the MiGs they didn’t want to engage but the two MiG-23s continued and were destroyed.