File:F-8 Crusader of VF-13 escorts Tupolev Tu-95 over the Mediterranean Sea in 1967.jpg

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Description A Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting code: "Bear") is escorted by a U.S. Navy Vought F-8D Crusader of Fighter Squadron 13 (VF-13) "Night Cappers" over the Mediterranean Sea. VF-13 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 29 September 1966 to 20 May 1967.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo USN 1123372 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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