[Jacquerie]

Soviet Bear Bombers reconned our flattops approaching the Med during the cold war in much the same fashion, except they passed a lot lower and closer.

Left out of the film were the (I guarantee) F-18s in close trail.

[cracker45]

Yep, the Combat Air Patrol (CAP) fighters were already there and an E-2 Hawkeye was monitoring the entire area for threats.

JC