 During this period, F-14s shot down four Libyan Air Force aircraft in two aerial engagements over the Mediterranean Sea.On 21 September 1980, three F-14s from "John F. Kennedy" challenged eight Libyan fighters attempting to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane two hundred miles from the Libyan coast.The Libyans disengaged once confronted by the U.S. fighters.