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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.
Until at least 1980 it served as one of three bases for the Soviet Union's Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" long-range bomber fleet. The nearby Dolon Southwest, a former airfield 32 km to the south, was probably a dispersal field and no longer exists. The airbase was built in the 1950s and abandoned in the 1990s.
Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS (28 RED) at Engels Air Force Base, Russia Tupolev Tu-160 in the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment at Engels airbase Tu-22RDM aircraft, tail number 18, exhibited at the Museum of Long-Range Aviation at Engels Air Base. As of 2007, the base had: 14 Tu-160s (121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment)
A Tu-95 strategic bomber at Engels-2 airbase in Russia. Ukraine targeted operations at this facility on Tuesday. ... The 14th Long-Range Aviation Regiment reported that, in coordination with other ...
It was one of nine Air Army staging bases in the Arctic for Russian bomber units. [1] [2] It contains one of the largest runways in Russia's Arctic region. Sovetskiy was built in the early 1960s as a staging base for intercontinental Long-Range Aviation bomber strikes (as a so-called 'bounce' airdrome).
Fedotovo was a major source of Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-142 flights overshadowing the United States Navy Atlantic Fleet. The base provided reconnaissance for the North Fleet Air Arm. [1] The base is home to the 2nd Guards Aviation Group, 5th Independent Anti-submarine Aviation Squadron which uses the Tupolev Tu-142MK/MR/MZ (ASCC: Bear). [2]
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Air Force took command of the base. By 1994 it received 24 Tu-95K (Bear-G) bombers for decommissioning under the START II treaty. A number of Tu-16, Tu-22, and M-4 aircraft are mothballed here. [citation needed] As of 2009, the ww2.dk website reported that three units were active at the ...
The Tupolev Tu-22M ‘Backfire’ strategic bomber was designed in the mid-1960s to overcome the powerful air defenses around U.S. aircraft carriers and NATO military bases. To increase the ...