 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Nigbati awọn ija bẹ silẹ laarin Amẹrika ati Libya ni Oṣu Kẹta ọdun 1986, Alakoso Ronald Reagan fun ni aṣẹ awọn ikọlu afẹfẹ lori awọn ohun elo ologun Libya : àwọn ọkọ òfuurufú tó wà ní Òkun Mẹditaréníà àti àwọn ọkọ òfuurufú USAFE F-111 tí wọn wà ní UK. Awọn 11th Strategic Group ti wa ni reinforced pẹlu afikun McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender tankers deployed lati Spain ati awọn United States, ki RAF Fairford gbalejo meje KC-10s ati meji KC-135s, ati RAF Mildenhall ní 12 KC-10s ati mẹjọ KC-135s. Bi ọpọlọpọ awọn orilẹ-ede kọ igbanilaaye fun awọn F-111s to fly lori wọn agbegbe, awọn F-111s ní lati fo a ise lati UK to Libya nipasẹ awọn Straits ti Gibraltar, nikan kuru ju awọn British Operation Black Buck ise ni Falklands Ogun. 