Talk:Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)

The article mentions that A-7 Corsair aircraft from the USS Saratoga participated in the event. I was aboard the Saratoga at that time and she had no A-7 squardon aboard. Also, VAQ-137 was assigned to the Saratoga, not VAQ-132. I suspect the A-7s and VAQ-132 were aboard the America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.131.15.14 (talk) 18:42, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

This page is filled with spelling and grammar errors. It's too much for me to bother fixing, but someone should, as it hurts my brain and surely the brains of others. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heatsketch (talk • contribs) 18:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1989)
How come nobody has made a Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1989) page yet, it is in wikimedia. We already have the first two actions in 1981 and this one in 1986.--Aj4444 (talk) 21:51, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * See Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)XavierGreen (talk) 00:21, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Grammar

 * I tried editing the main section for grammar but I've realised the main problem is that it's actually written in the tone of an excited 14 year old, in fact it probably was written by an excited 14 year old. Not an area I know anything about so I don't want to do anything too major but it needs a serious rewrite and some attempt at sourcing. Billsmith453 (talk) 19:45, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions for improvement
I have completed the B class checklist and feel that this article could be improved by addressing the following issues:


 * References: for a successful B class review, the article requires at least one in line citation per paragraph - more if there are multiple sources for a paragraph, or if there are multiple assertions that could be challenged;
 * Coverage: the article could be expanded to include a section that discusses the aftermath of the action - what was the international reaction, etc.
 * Grammar: the article needs a copy edit for grammar. Currently some sections of the prose are a little bit clumsy, or need to be tightened. For example in the last sentence of the background section, the use of the word 'was' is incorrect as it refers to multiple Soviet aircraft, therefore was should be replaced with 'were'. There are other examples that need to be identified and fixed before the article could be promoted to a B class.

Just a few ideas. If you would like more suggestions, perhaps you could include this article on the peer review list by going to WP:MHA. When you think it is ready for re-assessment, please add it to the list at WP:MHA. Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 08:08, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Cold War?
Shouldn't we classify this as being part of the Cold War? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 00:24, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Errors about VAQ-137 and A-7 aircraft aboard the USS Saratoga
I agree with the previous comment about the errors concerning the USS Saratoga. I was assigned to VAQ-137 aboard the Sara' during this incident. VAQ-132 was not aboard the USS Saratoga and we had no A-7 aircraft onboard.

Additional Errors
I served about the U.S.S. Richmond K. Turner (CG-20) as a Fire Controlman during the Crossing the Line actions against Libya in the spring of 1986. We served picket duty, guarding the right flank of the three-carrier group as an anti-aircraft warfare unit. We were a double-ended missle cruiser carrying SM-2ER Terrier missles, Harpoons, and other armament. The day after the initial crossing of the line of death by aircraft launched from the carriers, a Libyan patrol boat operating on our side of the gulf was interferring with U.S. aircraft, preventing them from completing their mission, by locking onto the aircraft with fire control radar, presumably from a surface-to-air missle system installed on the patrol boat. The aircraft requested assistance from our ship, and after attempting to contact the commander of the carrier task force, fired a harpoon missle at the offending patrol boat. It was not until the following day we were informed that the only remaining evidence of the patrol boat was a single flotation cushion at the target's last known location, reports from the previous day of "hull creaking sounds on the target's bearing," and failure of the patrol boat to return to port. Two years later McDonnell Douglas (the Harpoon Systems' manufacturer) presented the U.S.S. Richmond K. Turner with an encased antique whaling harpoon with a plaque indicating the Turner's action as being the first Harpoon fired in combat. 64.138.237.100 (talk) 02:22, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070927010244/http://www.tomcat-sunset.org/forums/index.php?topic=950.msg6142 to http://www.tomcat-sunset.org/forums/index.php?topic=950.msg6142#msg6142
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20071212142815/http://www.acig.org:80/artman/publish/article_358.shtml to http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_358.shtml

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 16:49, 22 January 2016 (UTC)