A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4N <i>Phantom II</i> from Fighter Squadron VF-51 <i>Screaming Eagles</i> intercepts a Soviet-built Libyan Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" over the Mediterranean Sea, circa in April 1977. The Tu-22 bomber was being delivered to Libya. VF-51 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 19 aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Franklin D. Roosevelt</i> (CV-42) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 4 October 1976 to 21 April 1977.
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circa April 1977 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1977-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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