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The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and was first used in combat in 2015.
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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 ...
Enlarged Tu-72 naval bomber. Tupolev Tu-80: 1: 1949: n/a: Improved Tu-4. Tupolev Tu-82/Tu-22: 1 – Butcher: Tupolev Tu-85: 2 – Barge: Final Tu-4 refinement. Tupolev Tu-91 – – Boot: 1954 prototype naval bomber Tupolev Tu-95: 300+ 1956–1997: Bear: Includes trainers. Tupolev Tu-95MS – 1984: Bear-H: Tu-142 airframe. Tupolev Tu-98: 2 ...
The scorched area also appears geo-consistent with the photo of the blazing Tu-22.. According to World Air Forces 2023, Russia began the year with just 59 of the Soviet bombers, production of ...
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“While the Russian air assets at no time violated ... intercept and identify a number of the Russian Tu-95 Bear heavy bombers participating in an annual Russian air force exercise near the ...
Tu-95, Tu-22, Tu-22M, Tu-160 Long-Range Aviation aircraft. Long-Range Aviation (Russian: Авиация Дальнего Действия, romanized: Aviatsiya dal'nego deystviya, literally Aviation of Distant Action and abbreviated DA,) is a sub-branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces responsible for delivering long-range nuclear or conventional strikes by aircraft (rather than missiles).