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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 ...
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 ...
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 Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace,” it said in a statement. The Pentagon said this type of Russian activity ...
Tu-120: proposed nuclear-powered supersonic bomber; Tu-122: supersonic bomber project based on Tu-98, 1957; Tu-124: low-altitude bomber project, 1957; Tu-125: proposed medium-range supersonic bomber, 1958; Tu-127 (I): proposed supersonic tactical bomber developed from the Tu-98, 1958; Tu-127 (II): proposed military cargo version of Tu-124
Satellite imagery taken days before an explosion at an airbase in Engels, Russia, on December 5, shows an active bomber aviation unit at the base.Maxar collected satellite imagery on December 3 ...