Image: F-4N VF-111 intercepts Libyan Tu-22s 1977
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Description: A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4N Phantom II (BuNo 152970) from Fighter Squadron VF-111 Sundowners over the Mediterranean Sea intercepts two Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" bombers being delivered to Libya, circa in April 1977. VF-111 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 19 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 4 October 1976 to 21 April 1977.
Title: F-4N VF-111 intercepts Libyan Tu-22s 1977
Credit: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7279.034
Author: U.S. Navy
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