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1. In 1976, a special purpose nuclear-powered submersible NR-1 was tasked to recover AIM-54A Phoenix missile from an F‐14 fighter plane that fell from the deck of the carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) during a NATO exercise Sept. 14. 1976.
1. In 1976, a special purpose nuclear-powered submersible NR-1 was tasked to recover AIM-54A Phoenix missile from an F‐14 fighter plane that fell from the deck of the carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) during a NATO exercise Sept. 14. 1976.
2. Photo shows the missing F-14 upside-down on the bottom with rope pendant around the landing gear.
3. This photo shows the dropped F-14 right side up with the cockpit open for inspection
4. Missing Phoenix missile as found on the bottom of the ocean
5. Al Holifield, the third NR-1 OIC, and his predecessor, Toby Warson, flank Sunbird CO Ed Craig beside the recovered Phoenix missile.
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