A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A <i>Tomcat</i> of Fighter Squadron VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" intercepting a Soviet Ilyushin Il-38 (NATO reporting name: May) over the Arabian Sea. VF-84 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Nimitz</i> (CVN-68) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from 10 September 1979 to 26 May 1980.
PH3 Joseph Gallegos, USN
1980-03-10
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