The Snapshots in Time Collection
Soviet Tu-16 'Badger' Bomber Tail Section, Air-to-Air Intercept Photograph, Vietnam War Era
A U.S. Navy aviator's close-up photograph of a Soviet Tu-16 'Badger' bomber's tail section, its red star insignia and tail-gunner position clearly visible. Photographs like this document the routine Cold War practice of intercepting and identifying Soviet aircraft that shadowed American carrier task forces, in this case connected to operations involving USS Ticonderoga during the Vietnam War era. Project: 218408