Douglas_A-4E_Skyhawk_of_VA-45_escorts_Soviet_Tupolev_Tu-16_c1972.jpg
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Summary
Description |
English:
A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4E
Skyhawk
(BuNo 152012) from Attack Squadron 45 (VA-45) Det.1 "Blackbirds" escorts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting code "Badger"). VA-45 Det.1 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 56 (CVSG-56) aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Intrepid
(CVS-11) for a deployment to the North Atlantic from 11 July to 15 October 1972 and to the Mediterranen Sea from 24 November 1972 to 4 May 1973.
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Date |
circa 1972
date QS:P571,+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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Accession number |
NH 82276
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Source | U.S. Navy photo NH 82276 |
Licensing
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under the digital ID
NH 82276
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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