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Operation Eldorado Canyon: The 1986 US Bombing Raid on Libya
At the end of January 2024, the Harpia publishing house had the excellent idea of publishing “Operation Eldorado Canyon. “The 1986 US Bombing Raid on Libya.” As its title indicates, this issue describes in great detail the previous events that culminated in the US bombing of Muammar Gaddafi's Libya in 1986, the different stages of planning and preparation that led to its possible realization and, of course, the execution of the operation. For those who do not know it, - and it is a very important fact - its author, Major Jim Rotramel (equivalent to commander of the Spanish Air and Space Army), now retired, is a former Combat Systems officer ('Weapon System Officer' or WSO) of the F-111D and F Aadvark ('Aardvark' in Afrikaans) of the USAF. The naturalness and everyday nature with which the different weapon systems (and not only) are described and evaluated, [Keep reading…]