A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A <i>Tomcat</i> of either Fighter Squadron 33 "Starfighters" or VF-102 "Diamondbacks" escorts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting code "Bear") during the NATO exercise "North Star '91". Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>America</i> (CV-66) for a deployment to the North Atlantic and the North Sea for the NATO exercise "North Star '91" from 21 August to 11 October 1991.
U.S. Navy
circa September 1991 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1991-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv66-92/048.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv66-92/index_006.htm">USS <i>America</i> (CV-66) 1991-1992 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>