File:F-4S Phantom II of VF-74 escorting Soviet Tu-95 off the U.S. East Coast on 26 January 1982 (6350657).jpg

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Description An U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II from Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74) "Be-Devilers" intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting code "Bear D") about 70 km off the coast of the U.S. State of Virginia. The F-4S was escorting the Cuba-based Tu-95, which had just penetrated the U.S. air defense zone to aerially view sea trials of the (then) new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on 26 January 1982.
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Author Lt. Ronald Callaway, U.S. Navy

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