Keywords: F-4N of VF-51 intercepts Libyan Tu-22 1977.jpg A U S Navy McDonnell F-4N Phantom II from Fighter Squadron VF-51 Screaming Eagles intercepts a Soviet-built Libyan Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder over the Mediterranean Sea circa in April 1977 The Tu-22 bomber was being delivered to Libya VF-51 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 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 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 25978 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7266 027 ca 1977-04 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Tupolev Tu-22 Aircraft of the Air Force of Libya F-4N Phantom II Aerial photographs of F-4 Phantom II in flight Fighter Squadron 51 United States Navy Mixed aircraft formations |