The two Libyan Air Force Dassault Mirage F1s that requested a diversion to MLT on the 21st Febuary 2011 five months later, hidden from the public eye. Pilots refused to bombard Libyan civilians and sought the Maltese Goverment for political asylum.
Guarding the military compound at Lanzarote Arrecife airport, this Mirage F1 is one of the former Qatari Mirage F1EDA's, her serial was QA73/C. She is marked as an ALA 14 aircraft.