These Awesome Photos Show F-4 Phantoms Dogging Soviet Bear Bombers During The Cold War
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist
Dec. 10, 2013, 7:46 AM 3,872 3


Close encounters between U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter jets and Soviet Tu-95 Bear bombers were frequent in the skies near aircraft carriers around the world. A collection of shots taken by the U.S. planes can be found in the San Diego Air & Space Museum archive on Flickr.


F 4 plane shadowing Russian bomber



These photos tell us a story of tense moments when Phantoms launched by American flattops intercepted and shadowed, sometimes in “tight formation,” USSR strategic bombers that skirted aircraft carriers at low level to probe their reaction times.











F4 escorting Russian plane









Some shots depict Soviet crew members greeting their colleagues in the American fighter jets with hand language.


Russian pilots signalling to American F4 planes





During the Cold War Soviet bombers were often intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea by Italian F-104 Starfighter jets. Here’s a collection of images taken during those close encounters with the “zombies.”

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