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Description

A McDonnellDouglas F-4B Phantom II aircraft (BuNo 150479) from fighter squadron VF-151 Vigilantes intercepts a Soviet Tu-95 Bear D aircraft in the early 1970s. The Phantom is armed with AIM-9D Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. VF-161 was part of Attack Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) and stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41).

Source

US Defense Visual Information System photo DN-SC-85-06070.

Date

15 Mar 1974. Note: according to some source, VF-161 was flying F-4Bs from 1970 to 1973 and converted later on to F-4Ns.

Author

Lt. Morris

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