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Description: A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat intercepting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95RTs (Razvedchik Tseleukazatel) - Nato reporting name Bear D - reconnaissance-bomber over the Pacific Ocean on 21 November 1984. The F-14 (BuNo 160687) was assigned to fighter squadron VF-51 Screaming Eagles, Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15), aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 18 October 1984 to 24 May 1985. F-14A 160687 (c/n 306) was retired to the AMARC as 1K0113 on 9 October 1997.
Title: Tomcat escorts Bear
Credit: U.S. Defenseimagery.mil photo no. DN-SC-85-10065 [1]
Author: USN
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