On This Day In 1986: Operation El Dorado Canyon, The F-111’s Shining Moment.
The Rescue assets (HC-130s, HH-53, PJs) deployed from RAF Woodbridge, UK consistently get no mentions.
I was the PJ Team leader on an HH-53 flying the coastline of Libya the night the F-111 went missing in the vicinity of Tripoli. Getting no ELT or com from the missing F-111 crew we were not cleared to go feet dry to do a search.
The Rescue assets (HC-130s, HH-53, PJs) deployed from RAF Woodbridge, UK consistently get no mentions.
I was the PJ Team leader on an HH-53 flying the coastline of Libya the night the F-111 went missing in the vicinity of Tripoli. Getting no ELT or com from the missing F-111 crew we were not cleared to go feet dry to do a search.
