File:Il-38 over USS Constellation (CV-64) 1979.jpeg

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Description A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat from Fighter Squadron VF-211 Checkmates escorts a Soviet Ilyushin Il-38 patrol plane as it passes over the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64). VF-211 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 26 September 1978 to 17 May 1979.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.103.010
Author U.S. Navy

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