 The first exposure of a Navy Tomcat to an SA-2 missile was over Somalia in April 1983 when a local battery was unaware of two Tomcats scheduled for a TARPS mission in a prelude to an upcoming international exercise in the vicinity of Berbera.An SA-2 was fired at the second Tomcat while conducting 10,000-ft mapping profile at max conserve setting.The Tomcat aircrews spotted the missile launch and dove for the deck thereby evading it without damage.