Tuesday 6 Dec. 1977

"We had 2 Russian 'Badgers' fly over us today and nobody knew about it until the Air Boss and people in Pri-Fly saw them fly by.

They flew in under RADAR and none of our escorts identified them. One flew by on the Starboard side, then the other flew right over the Flight Deck, probably taking photos of the planes, all the missiles and things exposed there. Also we've been shadowed by a Russian destroyer since this morning, at least. He came pretty close a few times. Oh, by the way, the reason for all this company is probably because we're in the Sea of Japan now and that's pretty close to 'Ivan's' Home Field."