Joseph T. Stanik - El Dorado Canyon: Reagans Undeclared War with Qaddafi
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Stanik, a retired naval officer and Middle East scholar, provides a detailed account of the raid as well as an in-depth analysis of its causes and effects. He also describes three other hostile encounters between U.S. and Libyan forces during Reagans presidency and details U.S. covert operations. From a bombing in West Berlin, to terrorism in the skies over Lockerbie, Scotland, and from the halls of power in Washington to airbases in England and on the decks of American warships in the Mediterranean, Stanik weaves an international thriller that is relevant to current events.
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| 1MC | ships general announcing circuit |
| 4W Grid | four whiskey grid |
| AAA | antiaircraft artillery |
| AAWC | antiair warfare commander |
| ACM | air combat maneuvering |
| AE | ammunition ship |
| AF | air force |
| AFB | air force base |
| AGF | miscellaneous command ship |
| AO | oiler |
| AOE | fast combat support ship |
| APAM | antipersonnel-antimateriel |
| ARM | antiradiation Missile |
| ASU | Arab Socialist Union |
| Auto-TF | automatic terrain following |
| AWACS | airborne warning and control system |
| BDA | battle damage assessment |
| B/N | bombardier-navigator |
| BPC | Basic Peoples Congress |
| C3 | command, control, and communications |
| CAP | combat air patrol |
| CG | guided missile cruiser |
| CGN | guided missile cruiser (nuclear) |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIC | Combat Information Center |
| CINCEUR | commander in chief, Europe |
| CINCUSNAVEUR | commander in chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe |
| CNO | chief of naval operations |
| CPPG | crisis preplanning group |
| CV | multipurpose aircraft carrier |
| CVA | attack aircraft carrier |
| CVBG | carrier battle group |
| CVN | multipurpose aircraft carrier (nuclear) |
| CVW | carrier air wing |
| DCNO | deputy chief of naval operations |
| DD | destroyer |
| DDG | guided missile destroyer |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DMPI | desired mean point of impact |
| DSMAC | digital scene-matching area correlation |
| EC | European Community |
| ECM | electronic countermeasures |
| EMCON | emission control |
| EUCOM | European Command |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAN | Armed Forces of the North |
| FAP | Peoples Armed Forces |
| FAR | Federation of Arab Republics |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FF | frigate |
| FFG | guided missile frigate |
| FIR | flight information region |
| FLIR | forward-looking infrared |
| FON | freedom of navigation |
| FRC | Fatahthe Revolutionary Council |
| G-7 | Group of Seventhe Worlds Seven Largest Industrial Democracies |
| GCHQ | general communications headquarters |
| GCI | ground control intercept |
| GPC | General Peoples Congress |
| GUNT | transitional national unity government |
| HARM | high-speed antiradiation missile |
| HS | helicopter antisubmarine squadron |
| IFF | identification friend or foe |
| IFG | Libyan Islamic Fighting Group |
| IG/T | interdepartmental group on terrorism |
| INR | Bureau of Intelligence and Research |
| INS | inertial navigation system |
| JANA | Jamahiriyya Arab News Agency |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| LAADC | Libyan Arab Air Defense Command |
| LAAF | Libyan Arab Air Force |
| LAMPS | light airborne multipurpose system |
| LGB | laser-guided bomb |
| MNF | multinational force |
| NATO | North American Treaty Organization |
| NFSL | National Front for the Salvation of Libya |
| NIE | national intelligence estimate |
| NOTAM | notices to airmen and mariners |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSC | National Security Council |
| NSDD | national security decision directive |
| NSPG | National Security Planning Group |
| OAP | offset aim point |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| OOMEX | open ocean missile exercise |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSG | operations subgroup |
| OTC | officer in tactical command |
| OVL | operations in the vicinity of Libya |
| PD | probability of damage |
| PFLP | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
| PLF | Palestine Liberation Front |
| PLO | Palestine Liberation Organization |
| PRG | policy review group |
| PROE | peacetime rules of engagement |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RCC | Revolutionary Command Council |
| RHAW | radar homing and warning |
| RIO | radar intercept officer |
| ROE | rules of engagement |
| SAG | surface action group |
| SAM | surface-to-air missile |
| SAR | search and rescue |
| SEAD | suppression of enemy air defenses |
| SNIE | special national intelligence estimate |
| SOVA | Office of Soviet Analysis |
| SSG | special situation group |
| SSN | attack submarine (nuclear) |
| STWC | strike warfare commander |
| SUCAP | surface combat air patrol |
| TACAN | tactical air navigation |
| TF | task force |
| TFR | terrain following radar |
| TFS | tactical fighter squadron |
| TFW | tactical fighter wing |
| TIWG | terrorist incident working group |
| TOT | time over target |
| TRAM | target recognition and attack multisensor |
| UAA | United African Airlines |
| USAF | U.S. Air Force |
| USAFE | U.S. Air Forces Europe |
| UTA | Union de Transports Aeriens |
| VA | attack squadron |
| VAQ | tactical electronic warfare squadron |
| VAW | carrier airborne early-warning squadron |
| VF | fighter squadron |
| VFA | strike-fighter squadron |
| VMAQ | Marine electronic warfare squadron |
| VMFA | Marine fighter-attack squadron |
| VQ | fleet air reconnaissance squadron |
| VS | air antisubmarine squadron |
| WSO | weapon systems operator |
I wish to recognize the assistance and support of several individuals and groups who aided me in the preparation of this work. I am particularly grateful to four accomplished historians, valued colleagues, and dear friends: Professor Craig L. Symonds of the Department of History at the U.S. Naval Academy, whose invaluable lessons on researching and writing history (which I learned as a midshipman) greatly influenced this endeavor; Dr. Edward J. Marolda, senior historian at the Naval Historical Center, who entrusted me with writing an illustrated history of the confrontation between the United States and Libya and provided valuable advice and direction during the preparation of that work (which is titled
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