File:F-8E Crusader of VF-51 intercepting Soviet Tupolev Tu-16s 1963.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Vought F-8E Crusader (BuNo 149140) of Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) "Screaming Eagles" escorting two Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting code "Badger"). VF-51 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 3 January to 15 July 1963.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7338
Author VFP-63, Det Bravo, U.S. Navy

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