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Chronological Listing of Libyan Air Force
 Losses & Ejections
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
15th May 1973
Libya		 Mirage IIIB     Unrecoverable flat spin. Crashed into the desert south of Tripoli, Libya    

Instructor Tahir Alam (Pakistan Air Force)		 Captain ?? (Egyptian Air Force)
had multiple fractures on his legs 		Martin-Baker
15th May 1973
Libya		 Mirage 5D       ejected   Martin-Baker
July 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War
22nd July 1977
Libya		 Mirage V     shot by a SA-7      
24th July 1977
Libya		 MiG-21 Fishbed     Claimed shot down by Egyptian Interceptors      
24th July 1977
Libya		 Mirage     Claimed shot down by Egyptian Interceptors      
24th July 1977
Libya		 Mirage     Claimed shot down by Egyptian Interceptors      
24th July 1977
Libya		 Mirage     Claimed shot down by Egyptian Interceptors      
10th April 1978
Libya		 Mirage F1       Lt. Col. K Badiki   Martin-Baker
Lt. Sagbir   Martin-Baker
7th April 1981
Libya		 Mirage       2.Lt. Reirhan   Martin-Baker
19 August 1981
Libya		 Su-22 Fitter aircraft     shot down  with Sidewinder missiles from F-14 Tomcats from the carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) over the Gulf of Sidra pilot ejected and rescued from the sea    
19 August 1981
Libya		 Su-22 Fitter aircraft     pilot ejected and rescued from the sea    
15th November 1982
Libya		 Mirage       ejected   Martin-Baker
ejected   Martin-Baker
27th March 1984
Libya		 Mirage       Lt. Salhen    Martin-Baker
18th February 1985
Libya		 Mirage       Lt. S. S. K. Shabouni   Martin-Baker
28th May 1985
Libya		 Mirage       Lt. Abdeffalam   Martin-Baker
Lt. Nafib   Martin-Baker
8th September 1987
Libya		 Mirage F1 x 4              
4th January 1989
Libya		 MiG-23 Flogger-E     2 Libyan MiG-23 Flogger-E intercepted USN aircraft in the Med. They were hot down with an IR-seeking Sidewinder and  a radar-guided Sparrow AAM fired by F-14 Tomcats from the carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) off the island of Crete in the Mediterranean pilot ejected   KM-1

Libya		 MiG-23 Flogger-E     pilot ejected   KM-1
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

STATEMENT, JAN. 4, 1989

At about 5:00 a.m. EST (1000 GMT) today, two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger aircraft were shot down by two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat aircraft operating over international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. The shootdown occurred north northeast of al-Bumbah military airfield on the northern coast of Libya.

The Navy aircraft were operating from the aircraft carrier U.S. S. John F. Kennedy, which was conducting routine operations in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the U.S. 6th Fleet.

The Libyan aircraft approached the U.S. Navy aircraft in a hostile manner over international waters, and the Navy aircraft, acting in self-defense, fired airto-air missiles, downing both Libyan aircraft. Two parachutes were observed.