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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.
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. 1996.253.7279.034
Author U.S. Navy

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