The audacity

[MigBuster 2,884]

 

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I LOVE IT!!!

[hrc 156]

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...

[PilotSanders 0]

lol.........Funny thing is, is that they are doing it again and this time being escorted by F-22s.

[B52STRATO 215]

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

[abuassad 5]

Phantom and Harrier together?

[MigBuster 2,884]

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..................

[B52STRATO 215]

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

[Vampyre 24]

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:

 

Another Corsair Escorting an Il-38 May:

 

An A-6E escorting a Tu-16

 

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

[fallenphoenix1986 603]

Actually the A-4's were quite as rare as the rest, there were detachment flights of A-4's sent to provide "fighter" capability on CVS cruises:

http://www.ebdir.net/vsf1/boom_powell_part_1.html

Interesting if unusual read.

 

Craig

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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.

Edited March 31, 2015 by shotdown

[+331Killerbee 840]

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".

Edited April 1, 2015 by 331Killerbee

[B52STRATO 215]

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.

[2skicomrade 34]

Of course, this was (and still is) a game played by all navies.... even if the fighters stayed on the ship

 

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