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1977年，地中海，罗斯福号航空母舰正进行最后一次外海巡航，隶属于舰上的一架AV-8A攻击机及两架F-4N战斗机正在拦截苏联海军的Tu-95MR陆基长程照相侦察机。其中AV-8A来自海军陆战队VMA-231“王牌黑桃”海上攻击中队，F-4N则分别来自VF-51“啸鹰”和VF-111“落日者”战斗机中队。自冷战开始，苏联便时常派出飞机及舰艇干扰美国海军航母编队，双方时常互相发动模拟攻击，甚至引发飞机相撞意外，这种拦截戏码在罗斯福号前后20次的地中海巡航中经常发生。（A Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231, pilot Major Randy Balara) "Ace of Spades" and two U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4N Phantom II fighters from Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) "Screaming Eagles" and VF-111 "Sundowners" intercept a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting Code "Bear"). The squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), barely visible in the haze below, for her final cruise to the Mediterranean Sea from 4 October 1976 to 21 April 1977. Franklin D. Roosevelt was decommissioned on 30 September 1977.）