Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tūtukitanga tuatahi o te Moana o Sidra, i te 19 o Ākuhata 1981, e rua ngā Su-22 Fitters o Rūhia i whakaekehia, ā, i whakaekehia e rua o ngā US F-14 Tomcats i te takutai o Rūhia. I kii a Libya ko te Moana-a-Kiwa katoa to raatau rohe, i te 32° 30′ N, me te rohe ika motuhake, i kii te kaiarahi o Libya a Muammar Gaddafi ko "Te Raina Mate" i te 1973. E rua anō ngā tūtukitanga i puta i te rohe i te tau 1986
i te tau 1989.