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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.
US and Canadian fighter jets intercepted Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable bombers after they were detected near Alaska.. The Russian Tu-95MS “Bear” strategic bombers and Chinese Xi’an H-6 ...
NORAD intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska Wednesday in what a US defense official said was the first time the two countries have been intercepted while operating ...
A Tu-160 is intercepted by an RAF Tornado F3 in March 2010. On 12 October 2008, Tu-160s were involved in the largest Russian strategic bomber exercise since 1984. A total of 12 bombers including Tu-160 and Tu-95 aircraft conducted a series of launches of their cruise missiles.
Bombers Tupolev Tu-22M Soviet Union: Jet: Bomber: 1973: 57: 57 [2] As of 20 February 2025 at least 3 have been lost and 1 damaged in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Tupolev Tu-95 Soviet Union: Turboprop: Bomber: 1956: 47: 47 [2] As of 20 February 2025 at least 1 has been damaged as a result of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Tupolev Tu-160 ...
“While this response to the Russian bombers shows how Norad continues to monitor the air approaches to North America, Norad mission also focuses on airspace within North America,” it said.
Last July, the U.S. military intercepted four Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the coast of Alaska. NORAD says it uses a "network of satellites, ground-based and airborne ...
MORE: Russian bomber, fighter aircraft detected in Alaska defense zone, NORAD says. On that day, two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets were sent to intercept two Russian Tu-95 bombers and the two ...