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Nice photo. Judging by the belly underneath the fuselage it is the maritime patrol version of the Bear, the Tu-142. I guess such encounters weren't unusual during the cold war...

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I'm wondering which CV can be seen beyond with its central island, Essex, Midway or Forrestal-class ?

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Fourteen AV-8A Harriers from Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231) "Ace of Spades" embarked aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) from 1976 to 1977..................

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Thank you MB. Pretty exciting for her last service year.

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Nice photo. Judging by the belly underneath the fuselage it is the maritime patrol version of the Bear, the Tu-142. I guess such encounters weren't unusual during the cold war...

 Actually it's a Tu-95RT Bear D. The Phantoms look to be F-4N's  from VF-51 and VF-111. The AV-8A is indeed from VMA-231. It is unusual to see attack types up for a peek at the bad guys.

 

Heres an A-7E Escorting another Bear:

tu95a7.jpg

 

Another Corsair Escorting an Il-38 May:

web_va271981bear.jpg

 

An A-6E escorting a Tu-16

tu16_17.jpg

 

And an A-4 escorting a Tu-126 Moss:

A-4_VA-45Det1_CVS-11_intercept_Moss_NAN8

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I'm wondering which CV can be seen beyond with its central island, Essex, Midway or Forrestal-class ?

With a central island, I gess it should be an Essex class, or perhaps an Iwo Jima or Tarawa class Amphibious assault ship.

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Migbuster,

 

   November of 1976. VMA-231. USS F.D.R   CV-42 CAW-19. MED Cruise.  Tail Code "NM". They sent up the AV-8A because it had the 30mm Aden Gun. The Phatoms didn't.

 

 

 

I was there. Med Cruse 1976. 231 had just set the World Record for "Turn around Times".

 

 

Semper Fi!

 

331KillerBee

 

 

P.S. It was actually 16 Aircraft. Two were down as "Hangar Queens". The Squadron had 24 Aircraft as a whole. "Det.A" as it was called. sent 16 aircraft with the remaining Aircraft staying at Cherry Point as "Det.B".

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With a central island, I gess it should be an Essex class, or perhaps an Iwo Jima or Tarawa class Amphibious assault ship.

 

We were near of it, MB gaves us the answer a bit higher :

 

"Fourteen AV-8A Harriers from Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231) "Ace of Spades" embarked aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) from 1976 to 1977.................."

 

Second son of the Midway class and the yougest to die.

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