A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A-80-GR <i>Tomcat</i> (BuNo 159459) from Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102) "Diamondbacks" escorting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting code "Badger C") during the NATO exercise "Ocean Safari '85". VF-102 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>America</i> (CV-66) for a deplyoment to the North Atlantic from 24 August to 9 October 1985.
Lt. Dave Parsons, U.S. Navy
circa September 1985 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1985-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198601.pdf">January 1986</a>, cover.