Two U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A <i>Tomcat</i> from Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24) "Red Checkertails" escort a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting code "Bear"). VF-24 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Constellation</i> (CV-64) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 26 September 1978 to 17 May 1979.
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circa 1978 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1978-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv64-78/099.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv64-78/index_021.htm">USS <i>Constellation</i> (CV-64) 1978-1979 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>