A U.S. Navy Vought F-8H <i>Crusader</i> from Fighter Squadron VF-24 "Red Checkertails" intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting code "Bear"). VF-24 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Hancock</i> (CVA-19) for a deployment to Vietnam from 18 July 1968 to 3 March 1969.
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circa 1968 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1968-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv19-69/085.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv19-69/index_005.htm">USS <i>Hancock</i> (CVA-19) 1968-69 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>