 Habré quickly reacted to this setback and to the continued bombing of FANT concentrations in northern Chad . On September 5 , 1987 he mounted a surprise raid against the key Libyan air base at Maaten al @-@ Sarra . Reportedly , 1 @,@ 000 Libyans were killed , 300 were captured , and hundreds of others were forced to flee into the surrounding desert . Chad claimed that its troops destroyed about 32 aircraft – including MiG @-@ 21 and MiG @-@ 23 fighters , Su @-@ 22 fighter @-@ bombers , and Mi @-@ 24 helicopters – before the FANT column withdrew to Chadian soil . 
