This Tu-95 footage shows the Soviet long-range bomber known in NATO as the “Bear”. The clips cover the aircraft in flight and on board: the cabin, the crew stations and the central bomb bay, along with the four turboprop engines and swept wings that make the Tu-95 easy to recognise on screen.
About the Tupolev Tu-95
The Tu-95 first flew in 1952 and entered Soviet service in the mid-1950s. Four Kuznetsov NK-12 engines turn contra-rotating propellers, which gave it the range to reach North America and a sound you can hear long before you see it. It is still flown by the Russian Air Force, so original Soviet footage of it works for Cold War documentaries, aviation history and news pieces about long-range patrols.
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