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Bombers Tupolev Tu-22M Soviet Union: Jet: Bomber: 1973: 57: 57 [2] As of 28 May 2024 at least 2 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 28 May 2024 at least 1 has been damaged as a result of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Tupolev Tu-160 Soviet Union ...
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.
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. Some bombers launched a full complement of missiles; it was the first time that a Tu-160 had ever fired a full complement of ...
Emblem of the Russian Air Force Emblem of the Russian Aerospace Forces. This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Russian Air Force as of 2024. It belongs under larger Russian Aerospace Forces branch, established on 1 August 2015 with merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
Russian strategic bombers have also launched many cruise missiles at Ukrainian cities and rear-area targets from hundreds of miles away, but large-scale use of these expensive weapons has proven ...
The Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s.
Ukraine launched several surprise attacks [122] on Russian Su-34 fighter bombers in the occupied south of Kherson and Mariupol using American-supplied long-range MIM-104 Patriot missiles, causing significant losses of Russian Su-34. As Ukraine fought on, Russia lost almost 36 Su-34 fighter bombers until June 2024.
This is an incomplete list of Soviet and Russian military aircraft, ... MBR-7 - 1937 reconnaissance flying boat and light bomber; Be-2 - 1936 reconnaissance floatplane;