GYPSY207(由指挥官约瑟夫·伯纳德·康纳利和指挥官里奥·f·恩莱特驾驶)，布诺159610,VF-32“战斗的剑士”，在1989年1月4日当地时间12:01至12:02之间，在托布鲁克海岸附近的地中海上空发射了3枚导弹，击落了一架利比亚空军的米格23 Flogger。
两枚AIM-7M麻雀在不到一分钟的时间内发射，运气不太好，而第三枚导弹，一枚ΑΙΜ-9Μ响尾蛇，从1.5海里的距离发射，最终完成了任务。
与此同时，GYPSY202(由赫尔曼·c·库克三世中尉和史蒂文·帕特里克·柯林斯中尉驾驶)，BuNo159437，用一架麻雀击落了第二架米格-23。
GYPSY 207 (crewed by Commander Joseph Bernard Connelly and Commander Leo F. Enwright), BuNo 159610, VF-32 "Fighting Swordsmen", brought down one Libyan Air Force MiG 23 Flogger over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Tobruk, by firing 3 missiles between 12:01 and 12:02 local time, January 4th 1989.
Two AIM-7M Sparrows were fired in less than a minute, with no luck, while the third missile, an ΑΙΜ-9Μ Sidewinder, fired from a distance of 1.5 NM, finally did the job.
In the meantime, GYPSY 202(crewed by Lieutenant Herman C. Cook III and Lieutenant Commander Steven Patrick Collins), BuNo159437, downed a second MiG-23 with a Sparrow.