Two sides of the story.
On July 11, 1982, Colonel Georgy Bul'bénkov (Soviet Navy, Naval Aviation) was ordered to fly his Tu-95 Bear "D" belonging to the 392 ODRAP from Angola to a certain point in the middle of the Atlantic, near Ascension Island.
His mission was to check any battle damage to carrier HMS
Hermes, returning home from the South Atlantic War.
Detecting the carrier, and shortly before flying above it (
Hermes was in close company of RFA
Tidespring), his plane was intercepted by a FRG.2 "Phantom" of 29 Sqn RAF (XV 484), operating from RAF Wideawake (Sqn Ldr Morle at the controls)
Here are very rare pictures of this obscure fact of the Cold War.
Tu-95 crew took this picture.
HMS
Broadsword crew took this one.
And here is two of the Phantoms at RAF Wideawake
Regards!