File:AV-8A VMA-231 intercepting Tu-95 1976.jpg

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English: A U.S. Marine Corps Hawker Siddley AV-8A Harrier of Marine attack squadron VMA-231 Ace of Spades intercepting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (Nato code "Bear") in 1976/77. VMA-231 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 4 October 1976 to 21 April 1977.
Date 1976/77
Source USS FD Roosevelt veteran's website [1]
Author John Wilson, USN

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current14:28, 23 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:28, 23 July 2009960 × 850 (147 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description={{en|1=A U.S. Marine Corps Hawker Siddley AV-8A ''Harrier'' of Marine attack squadron VMA-231 ''Ace of Spades'' intercepting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (Nato code "Bear") in 1976/77. VMA-231 was assigned to Carrier Air

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