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City / Airport:Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (KNTU / NTU)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:19 September 1987
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Photo ID:251820Submit Correction
View count: 2889
A Sukhoi killer at NAS Oceana. This VF-41 "Black Aces" Tomcat (at that time coded AJ-102) shot down a Libyan Su-22 over the Gulf of Sidra, off the coast of Libya, on 19 August 1981. This engagement marked the first USA versus Libya air-to-air engagement. 160403 flew that combat mission together with 160390 (AJ-107) when two Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon the Tomcats. The two F-14s subsequently shot down both Su-22s. 160403 received a kill-marking that was still visible six years later. The Tomcat is now preserved at Midland-Odessa (TX).
Registration / Serial:160403
Aircraft Version:Grumman F-14A Tomcat
C/n (msn):259
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (KNTU / NTU)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:19 September 1987
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
City / Airport:Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (KNTU / NTU)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:19 September 1987
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Photo ID:251820Submit Correction
View count: 2889
A Sukhoi killer at NAS Oceana. This VF-41 "Black Aces" Tomcat (at that time coded AJ-102) shot down a Libyan Su-22 over the Gulf of Sidra, off the coast of Libya, on 19 August 1981. This engagement marked the first USA versus Libya air-to-air engagement. 160403 flew that combat mission together with 160390 (AJ-107) when two Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon the Tomcats. The two F-14s subsequently shot down both Su-22s. 160403 received a kill-marking that was still visible six years later. The Tomcat is now preserved at Midland-Odessa (TX).
Registration / Serial:160403
Aircraft Version:Grumman F-14A Tomcat
C/n (msn):259
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (KNTU / NTU)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:19 September 1987
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Registration / Serial:164345
Military Code:AJ-104
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Aircraft Version:Grumman F-14D Tomcat
C/n (msn):620/D-25
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:VF-31
City / Area:Persian Gulf [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Not known
Ship / Rig:USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71
Photo Date:19 October 2005
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Photo ID:223991Submit Correction
View count: 511
Registration / Serial:164345
Aircraft Version:Grumman F-14D Tomcat
C/n (msn):620/D-25
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Persian Gulf [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Not known
Photo Date:19 October 2005
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Registration / Serial:164345
Military Code:AJ-104
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Aircraft Version:Grumman F-14D Tomcat
C/n (msn):620/D-25
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:VF-31
City / Area:Persian Gulf [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Not known
Ship / Rig:USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71
Photo Date:19 October 2005
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Photo ID:223991Submit Correction
View count: 511
Registration / Serial:164345
Aircraft Version:Grumman F-14D Tomcat
C/n (msn):620/D-25
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Persian Gulf [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Not known
Photo Date:19 October 2005
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact