A U.S. Navy Vought F-8E <i>Crusader</i> (BuNo 150329) of Fighter Squadron VF-162 "Hunters" escorting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting code "Bear"). VF-162 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Oriskany</i> (CVA-34) and flew the F-8E during two deployments to Vietnam from 26 May to 16 November 1966 and from 16 June 1967 to 31 January 1968.
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between 1966 and 1968 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1968-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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