Ukraine has hit two scarce Tu-95MS strategic bombers at Russia’s Engels air base in six weeks. One is clearly beyond repair; the second suffered severe wing damage but its ultimate repair status ...

Russia stopped building the bombers more than 30 years ago, and it can’t repair or replace them.

Russia is gradually losing its Tu-95 strategic bombers, which play a key role in missile strikes against Ukraine. As The ...

Ukraine drone strike destroys Tu-95MS bomber at Engels-2 airbase -- the second irreplaceable Soviet-era aircraft lost there in six weeks. Ukraine's SSU Alpha unit struck the bomber using a $48,000 ...

The Tu-95 is essentially an impossible-to-replace Cold War-era asset with approximately only 60 in service and at least 10 photo-confirmed losses since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began in 2022 The ...

The airbase is one of only a handful of sites equipped to arm, service and hold at nuclear readiness the country's ageing fleet of irreplaceable Soviet-era planes that are a key component of Moscow's ...

With Operation Spider’s Web, Ukraine inflicted the worst attack on Russian air power since World War II. The final damage is yet to be determined, but one tally is nine Tu-95s and three Tu-22M3 ...

Russia’s Tupolev Design Bureau has long cranked out some oldies-but-goodies when it comes to long-range bombers. One bomber that can trace its lineage to the Cold War era but has found ...

Summary and Key Points: The Tu-160 Blackjack, Russia’s supersonic strategic bomber, has been a key asset in its long-range missile strikes during the war in Ukraine. -Despite the overall ...

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