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Reason
Out of the several images of western Air Forces planes in correlation to the Tupolev Tu-95 on the page, this is the best out of the bunch (and sadly, put near the bottom). The composition and positioning of the planes shows the dynamic differences between Jet plane and Propeller plane very nicely. The background doesn't show too much obstructions and looks nice.
Proposed caption
An F-15C Eagle intercepting a Russian Tu-95MS off the west coast of Alaska on September 28, 2006. NORAD scrambled F-15s from Elmendorf Air Force Base and Canadian CF-18s from CFB Cold Lake in Central Alberta to intercept "a number of the Russian Tu-95 Bear heavy bombers participating in an annual Russian air force exercise near the coast of Alaska and Canada." This launch was a result of the bombers penetrating the North America's Air Defense Identification Zone by the Russian 37th Air Army.
Articles this image appears in
North American Aerospace Defense Command, Tupolev Tu-95
Creator
12th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base.
I think the strict profile view is far from the best way to illustrate this. It would be vastly improved if the camera was 45 degrees above and 45 degrees in the front of the planes. I would agree that it is an above average photo, but nowhere near the top .01% of all images on Wikipedia. Cacophony 02:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 04:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]