battle, Cold War

Ouadi Doum air raid

Name: Ouadi Doum air raid
Location: Ouadi Doum, Chad

Ouadi Doum air raid was a battle fought in 1986 at Ouadi Doum, in what is now Chad. It was part of the Toyota War, which ran from 1986 to 1987. The recorded result: French Victory; Airport rendered unusable. Recorded strength: 2K12 Kub SAMs (offline) against 11 SEPECAT Jaguar A; 4 Mirage F1C-200.

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Fought1986

WhereOuadi Doum, Chad18.528N, 20.189E

OutcomeFrench Victory; Airport rendered unusable

BelligerentsLibyaagainstFrance

Casualties and lossesAirfield heavily damagedand2 Jaguars lightly damaged

Part ofToyota War1986 to 1987

Where it sits in the Toyota War

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Record

Date	1986 (year precision)
Place	Ouadi Doum, Chad 18.528N, 20.189E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	2K12 Kub SAMs (offline)	11 SEPECAT Jaguar A; 4 Mirage F1C-200
Casualties and losses	Airfield heavily damaged	2 Jaguars lightly damaged

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Fada 1987, 210 km SE
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra 1987, 390 km NE
Battle of Aouzou 1987, 465 km NW
Battle of Kufra 1941, 706 km NE
Battle of Bhopal 1737, 734 km NW

In the same war

After: Battle of Aouzou 28 August 1987
All 3 engagements of Toyota War

Elsewhere in 1986

1986 United States bombing of Libya Libya
First Battle of al-Faw Iraq
Action in the Gulf of Sidra
Operation Karbala-4 Iraq
Operation Dawn 8 Iraq

Ouadi Doum air raid is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 12 in present-day Chad.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12076521, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Ouadi Doum airstrike, revision 1370701558, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.