A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A <i>Tomcat</i> from Fighter Squadron VF-84 <i>Jolly Rogers</i> intercepting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting code "Bear"). VF-84 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> (CVN-71) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 30 December 1988 to 30 June 1989.
USN
1989
Official U.S. Navy photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvn71-89/422.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvn71-89/index_010.htm">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> (CVN-71) 1988-89 cruise book</a>.