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F-4 Phantom escorting Tu-95

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Original – A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B Phantom II (below) from VFA-151 squadron trailing a Soviet Tu-95 strategic bomber over unknown location, 15 March 1974. During Cold War close encounters between U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter jets and Soviet Tu-95 bombers were frequent in the skies near aircraft carriers.

Reason

One of those interesting Cold War photos, when the boiling point was near, fairly good overall quality considering non-studio conditions and year. This tells more about such encounters.

Articles in which this image appears

Cold War, VFA-151, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II U.S. operators, History of the United States

FP category for this image

History/Others

Creator

Lt. Morris

• Support as nominator – Brandmeister^talk 22:12, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
• Comment - This image has a lot of potential (and I personally like it) but sadly the back end crop is too tight and the front crop actually cuts off part of the aircraft.--Godot13 (talk) 02:02, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
• Weak oppose Crop is too tight for me --Muhammad(talk) 08:47, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
• Comment — Agree. There's a similar and more recent shot on Commons that's not so tightly cropped. Sca (talk) 14:46, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose Very encyclopedic, but bad crop and soft focus. -- Slaunger (talk) 06:56, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:13, 15 September 2014 (UTC)