vessel was when the USN and coalition units came to the aid of Libyan rebels to engage the Libyan Coast Guard vessel Vittoria in the port of Misrata, Libya, during the late evening of 28 March 2011. Vittoria was engaged and fired upon by a USN P-3C Maritime Patrol aircraft with AGM-65 Maverick missiles. Launch platforms United States LAU-117 Maverick launchers have been used on US Army, USN, USAF, and USMC aircraft (some platforms may load LAU-88 triple-rail launchers when configured and authorized): Bell AH-1W SuperCobra Boeing AH-64 Apache Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk Grumman A-6E SWIP Intruder Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite Lockheed P-3 Orion LTV A-7 Corsair II McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet Export The Maverick has been exported to at least 35 countries: Royal Australian Air Force: F/A-18 Belgian Air Component: F-16 Royal Canadian Air Force: CF-18 Chilean Air Force: F-16 AM/BM MLU, F-16 C/D Block 50+ Czech Air Force: L-159 Royal Danish Air Force: F-16 (AGM-65G) Egyptian Air Force: F-4 and F-16 (AGM-65A/B/E) Hellenic Air Force: F-4 and F-16 Blocks 30, 50, and 52+ Hungarian Air Force: JAS 39 Indonesian Air Force: F-16A/B Block 15 OCU, F-16C/D Block 52ID, Hawk 209, T-50I (AGM-65B/D/G/K) Iraqi Air Force: F-16C/D Block 52 (AGM-65D/G/H/K) Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force: F-4E and SH-3D; Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation: AH-1J Israeli Air Force: F-4E and F-16 Italian Navy: AV-8B JMSDF: P-1 Royal Jordanian Air Force: F-16 MLU and F-5E/F Kuwait Air Force Royal Malaysian Air Force: F/A-18D, and Hawk 208 Royal Moroccan Air Force: F-5E/F (AGM-65B), F-16 Block 52+ (AGM-65D/G/H) Royal Netherlands Air Force: F-16 (AGM-65D, AGM-65G) Royal Air Force of Oman: F-16 Pakistan Air Force: F-16 Peruvian Navy: SH-2G Philippine Air Force: FA-50PH (AGM-65G2) Polish Air Force: F-16 Block 50/52+ Portuguese Air Force: F-16, A-7P. Capable of being launched by the Portuguese P-3C Cup+. Romanian Air Force: F-16A/B Block 15 MLU Royal Saudi Air Force: F-5E F-15S Serbian Air Force and Air Defence: J-22 and G-4 Republic of Singapore Air Force: A-4SU, F-5S, F-16C/D Block 52, F-15SG and Hunter Republic of Korea Air Force: FA-50, TA-50, F-16, F-15K, F-4 Spanish Air Force: F/A-18; and Spanish Navy: AV-8B Swiss Air Force: F-5E and Hunter Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan):