Macdonough (DDG 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1989 PRICE: 25 CENTS M A K I N G T H E N E W S U.S. fighters down pair of Libyan jets By Norman BlacK AP military writer WASHINGTON - US. Navy planes today shot down two Libyan jet fighters over the Mediterranean Sea, according to Mute House officials who said the American aircraft were ' threatened while conducting routine operations in interna- tional airspace. The air battle was the first fighting between the United States and Libya since Amencan jets bombed Tripoli in 1986 and came amid rising tension between the two countries over Libya ' s constructi on of a plant the United States says is intended to produce chemical weapons At the State Department, spokesman Charles Redman told The Associated Press there was no link between the plant and the warplane incident. There is absolutely no connection to any other story or concern you may have, he said It may be ironic, but the two things are not related Deputy White House Press Secretary Roman Popadiuk, in Los Angeles with vacationing President Reagan, said two F-14 aircraft from the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy returned safely to the ship after the confrontation American ships here TWO UNITS of the Si. lh Fleet arrived in port yesterday and ill remain here until Friday. They arc the aircraft carrier .lolin F. Kennedy (CV-67) and the destroyer Mac- doiiouj;h (L)IJC.-,i ), above. The aircraft carrier helongs to the Kitty ILiv.U class and has a displacenu ' iil of f l,()()0 Ions M... . ' ■• ' ( ,;.; ) more liian SO, 900 hen loaded. The American i .?ii ' i;lar .4 enl in I ' alnia Karloionie Heslard •-.lid that visits had been orj anised for a rouj) of people lioni I ' etra and for the i ' alrna fire hri ade. The Mac- (Jonounh helonjis to the CoonI , class and has a displace- iiicnt ofO.OOOlons.