Keywords: F-4J VF-74 CVW-17 Bear NAN10-79.jpg A U S Navy McDonnell F-4J Phantom II fighter of U S Navy Fighter Squadron VF-74 Be-Devilers intercepting a Soviet Tupolew Tu-95 NATO reporting code Bear D in 1978 The F-4J is armed with AIM-9D Sidewinder missiles VF-74 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 CVW-17 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal CV-59 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 4 April to 26 October 1978 U S Navy Naval Aviation News October 1979 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1979/oct79 pdf 1978 USN thumb left PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4J Phantom II Aerial photographs of F-4 Phantom II in flight Fighter Squadron 74 United States Navy Aerial photographs of Tupolev Tu-95 in flight AIM-9 Sidewinder Black and white photographs of aircraft |