Skip to main content Currently Reading Story of U.S. Air Force pilot who died in 1986 raid on Libya revived in Nathan Felix opera 'Ribas-Dominicci' Deborah Martin, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail Blanca Berain Ribas and her son, Fernando Ribas-Berain, sit outside Ribas-Berain’s home. Ribas’ husband, Fernando Luis Ribas-Dominicci, was an Air Force pilot who was killed in action in a 1986 raid on Libya. His story is being celebrated in a new opera by San Antonio composer Nathan Felix.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographer Some of Fernando Luis Ribas-Berain’s clearest memories from early childhood involve him waiting at the top of the stairs in for his dad to come home from work.