File:F-4N of VF-51 intercepts Libyan Tu-22 1977.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4N Phantom II from Fighter Squadron VF-51 Screaming Eagles intercepts a Soviet-built Libyan Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" over the Mediterranean Sea, circa in April 1977. The Tu-22 bomber was being delivered to Libya. VF-51 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.
Date circa April 1977
date QS:P,+1977-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7266.027
Author U.S. Navy

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