"The Zipper Pokes the Bear" - Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Artist:
Edward Conlon
Categories:
AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> F-104C
Catalog Number:
2013.042
Location:
4TH FLOOR, 2
Description:
F-104C of the 435th Tactical Fighter (of the 479th Tactical Fighter Wing from George AFB, CA) intercepts a Tupolev TU-95B "Bear" off the east coast of Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962. The 435th was deployed to the Key West Naval Air Station during the Missile Crisis.