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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.
Tu-96: prototype long-range intercontinental high-altitude strategic bomber variant of the Tu-95, 1956; Tu-97: long-range bomber project developed from the Tu-16; Tu-98 "Backfin" (also known as Tu-24): prototype swept-wing jet bomber, 1956; Tu-99: prototype turbojet version of the Tu-96; Tu-100: proposed parasite fighter, 1953
The Tupolev Tu-95LAL experimental aircraft (Russian: Летающая Атомная Лаборатория, romanized: Letayushchaya Atomnaya Laboratoriya, lit. 'flying atomic laboratory') which flew from 1961 to 1965 was a modified Tupolev Tu-95 Soviet bomber aircraft, analogous to the United States' earlier Convair NB-36H. [1]
Tupolev Tu-82 experimental swept-wing jet bomber; Tupolev Tu-85 long-range heavy bomber derivative of the Tu-4; Tupolev Tu-86 long-range jet bomber project; Tupolev Tu-91 prototype naval attack aircraft; Tupolev Tu-95 long-range strategic bomber; also known as Aircraft 'V' Tupolev Tu-95LAL nuclear-powered bomber developed from the Tu-95M
1226th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (1226 TBAP) flying Tu-95 and Tu-95M aircraft (1957–62), Tu-95K and Tu-95MS aircraft (1984–92). [ 3 ] The 79th TBAD was under the control of Long Range Aviation from 1957 to 1960, the 8th independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps (later to become the 30th Air Army ) from 1960 until 1980, and finally, the ...
The United States flew long-range bombers for joint drills with South Korea and Japan on Wednesday in a show of force against North Korea, days after the North performed its first intercontinental ...
The base is the main home of Russia's long-range strategic bomber fleet and is located near the city of Saratov - about 730 km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow and hundreds of kilometres from 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).