File:Virginia-class-cruiser in task-group.jpg

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English: *Aerial stern view of (left to right) the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers USS Mississippi (CGN-40) and USS Texas (CGN-39), and the guided missile cruiser USS Biddle (CG-34), underway in the Mediterranean Sea, August 1981.
  • On 19 August 1981 two F-14A Tomcats from VF-41 "Black Aces," based on Nimitz, used Sidewinder missiles to shoot down two Libyan, Soviet-built SU-22 Fitters over the Gulf of Sidra, after one of the Libyan jets fired an Atoll heat-seeking missile. This incident marked the first Navy air combat confrontation since the Vietnam War and the first ever for the F-14A Tomcat.
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current16:24, 25 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:24, 25 June 20063,322 × 2,537 (5.74 MB)Dual FreqFull res version http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/1985/Navy/DN-SC-85-01961.JPEG
17:57, 14 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 17:57, 14 April 2006785 × 600 (98 KB)SchlendrianSource: http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/040140.htm Aerial stern view of (left to right) the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers USS Mississippi (CGN-40) and USS Texas (CGN-39), and the gu

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