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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.
In 2015/16, the division was reformed at Engels within the Russian Aerospace Force's Long-Range Aviation branch flying the Tu-160 (ASCC "Blackjack") and the Tu-95 (ASCC "Bear"). [ 13 ] A subordinate regiment, 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment, with the Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber is based at the Shaykovka air base . [ 14 ]
182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment: TBAP: Ukrainka: 326th TBAD: 37th Air Army: Tu-95MS 184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment: TBAP: Engels-2: 22nd TBAD: 37th Air Army: Tu-95MS: In Ukraine until 2000; reformed at Engels-2 on 1 September 2000. [14] 187th Assault Aviation Regiment: ShAP: Chernigovka: 303rd SAD: 11th Air Army: Su-25; 196th ...
The Russian Tu-95MS “Bear” strategic bombers and Chinese Xi’an H-6 bombers were spotted in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (Adiz) – but did not enter US or Canadian airspace, ...
Russian Tu-95MS "Bear" strategic bombers and Chinese Xi'an H-6 strategic bombers took part in patrols over the Chukchi and Bering seas and the North Pacific, Russia's defence ministry said.
The Ukrainian Air Force said it recorded “the departure of 9 Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the ‘Olenya’ airfield in the Murmansk region of Russia.” The Tu-95 bomber is a mainstay of ...
More aircraft, 43 Tu-95MS, and 8 Tu-160s were exchanged, or bought back from Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The Russian Air Force currently has 64 Tu-95MS and 16 Tu-160 bombers, and these are being upgraded by changing the navigation and fire-control suites and installing new weapons, including non-nuclear cruise missiles, Kh-101/102 and standoff ...
The head of Kyiv's military administration, Serhiy Popko, said Russia used cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers. An air alert in the capital lasted for more than two hours as ...