Tupolev Tu-16
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The Tupolev Tu-16 is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years. While many aircraft in Soviet service were retired after the Cold War en
A Tu-16 flying over USS Hewitt c.1978
Tu-16 bomber at the Monino Museum (1998)
Rear side view of a Tu-16 Badger reconnaissance variant (most likely a Tu-16R) c.1989
Egyptian Tu-16s c.1980
Tupolev Tu-4
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The Tupolev Tu-4 is a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress, h
Tupolev Tu-16
…was strongly committed to matching the United States in strategic bombing capability. The Soviets' only long-range bomber at the time was Tupolev's Tu-4 "Bull", a reverse-engineered copy of the American B-29 Superfortress. The development of the notably powerful Mikulin AM-3 turbojet led to the possibility of…
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Tu-4 at China Aviation Museum
KJ-1 at China Aviation Museum, Beijing
China Aviation Museum, KJ-1.