A U.S. Navy F-8 Crusader pilot of VF-162 'Hunters,' Commander Cancher, photographed this Soviet Tu-95 'Bear' aircraft during a Cold War intercept near USS Ticonderoga in the Western Pacific. Encounters like this were routine during the Vietnam War era, as Soviet long-range aircraft shadowed U.S. carrier task forces and American fighters were scrambled to intercept and photograph them. Project: 218011