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24th May 2018

… of Defence is to start testing a re-engined version of the Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear-H turboprop bomber. The test aircraft has been modified … engines and Aerosila AB-60T propellers. David C Isby … Bear’s upgraded engines …

17th May 2018

… The first Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear-H bomber with upgraded NK-12-PM engines has been … to the Russian defence ministry for flight trials. Tupolev announced handover of the aircraft on April 19 for …

By Ben Dunnell 10th May 2018

… no matter how much determination and skill were brought to bear. The main day fighter types all displayed comparable … in the number of fighter sorties which can be brought to bear on the raid.” Regarding the aircraft themselves, there … Dudley, given that its main strategic bomber was then the Tupolev Tu-4, the Soviet B-29 copy. “Against jet bombers of …

By Piotr Butowski 22nd February 2018

… companies exist that could use this aircraft.” In 2000, Tupolev presented the Tu-344, a supersonic business/VIP jet … thrust remained unchanged at 25 tonnes (55,115lb). Tupolev claimed that testing of the new engines, showed a … weight sits between the Tu-22M3 Backfire C and the Tu-95MS Bear H: an Tu-160 weighs 275,000kg (606,270lb), a Tu-95MS …

By Ben Dunnell 12th April 2018

… elsewhere in this issue! Shadowing a Soviet Tu-95 ‘Bear’ in No 111 Squadron Phantom FG1 XV575. Rick intercepted … the North Cape of Norway and down into the Atlantic, [Tupolev Tu-95/142] ‘Bears’ en route to Cuba or to exercise …

By Charles Kennedy 14th February 2018

… The Tupolev Tu-154 is in many ways the definitive Soviet airliner … Kennedy analyses the aircraft’s development. An early Tupolev Tu-154B of Aeroflot on the ramp at Ruzynê Airport … and the Tu-114 turboprop closely based on the Tu-95 Bear long-range strategic bomber. While the Tu-154, on the …

By Tim Ripley 1st February 2018

… military campaign in Syria. Combat Aircraft looks at how Tupolev Tu-22M3, Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers have hit … ABOVE THE Euphrates Valley, a formation of six Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 ‘Backfire-C’ supersonic bombers cruised … all of its main bomber types: the Tu-22M3, the Tu-95MS ‘Bear’ and the Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’, and saw the combat debut of …

By Steve Gyles 14th December 2017

… trips. A photo taken by the author while shadowing Soviet Bear on April 22, 1970 while flying an 11 Sqn Lightning. Also keeping an eye on the Tupolev is another Lightning from the same unit and a Victor …

19th October 2017

… UK airports. AIRPORT MOVEMENTS COMPILED BY CARL HOPE Tupolev Tu-204-300A, RA-64010 at London Luton Airport on … 12/6 C-GWFK Falcon 50EX dep 14th also 17th n/s. 14/6 D-BEAR Citation 750 X dep 16th; 90-0030 C-20H 76th AS, 86th AW, … TBM 700 n/s . 30/7 D-CEIS Citation 680 Sovereign. 31/7 D-BEAR Citation 750 X. CAMBRIDGE 1/7 M-DSKY TBM 930; VP-BRA …

21st September 2017

… Socata TB-20 n/s. 15/6 LX-ZED Global Express. 18/6 D-BEAR Citation 750 X dep 20th; F-BPTF Wassmer WA-41 n/s; … visit; n/s night stop; o/s overshoot. Slovak Government Tupolev Tu-154M, OM-BYO, at Liverpool John Lennon Airport on …

By Charles Kennedy. 9th August 2017

… is not Concorde. This is the story of the Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-144, as told by Charles Kennedy. The 1960s was a … of the world’s landmass than a supersonic airliner? Tupolev conducted the maiden flight of the Tu-144 on December … by limousine to see the 120th (and last) aircraft to bear his name take to the air for its maiden flight. The …

By and photos: Angad Singh 4th May 2017

… as four Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops powering the mammoth Tupolev Tu-142ME ‘Bear-F Mod 3’ long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft … a spectacular dump of all 120 flares carried on board. The Tupolev personnel of INAS 312 will all find new berths in the …

23rd March 2017

… to receive 170 new and upgraded aircraft, including one Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack and four Tupolev Tu- 95MS Bear-H bombers. Elsewhere, delivery details reported include …

8th December 2016

… A recent photograph of a ‘Bear-H’ carrying four Kh-101 cruise missiles. The aircraft … bombers. Evgeniy Kazennov THE RUSSIAN AIR Force’s upgraded Tupolev Tu-95MSM strategic bomber delivered its first combat … 20 bombers to be upgraded by the end of 2016. … UPGRADED ‘BEAR’ GOES TO WAR …

By CHRIS GIBSON 1st March 2017

… developed  Lightning F.6 XR753 of 23 Squadron escorting a Tupolev Tu-95 ‘Bear-D’. The Lightning is carrying the DH Red Top AAMs and … service in 1960, needed to be behind approaching Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 Badger and Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers to …