Russian forces regularly use Tu-95 strategic bombers stationed at the Engels airbase to launch Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine. According to ISW estimates as of 2023 ...

Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers were spotted in the airspace. The aircraft likely launched missiles toward Ukraine, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"I hope our Tu-95 long-awaited heavily-upgraded plane will take to the skies in Taganrog before the end of August," the chief executive said. Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than ...

On Sept. 23, 2024, NORAD assets conducted a similar mission to detect and track four Russian military aircraft (again, two Tu-95 Bear bombers and two Su-35S fighters) operating in international ...

NORAD said at the time that the “unprofessional air maneuver directed at our NORAD F-16” occurred while it “was conducting a routine professional intercept of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft” on ...

The intercept came just over a week after NORAD tasked F-22s to intercept two formations of Russian Tu-95 bombers as they entered the ADIZ on June 16, coming within 32 nautical miles of Alaska shores.

The triple intercept came months after two Russian Tu-95 bomber formations penetrated the ADIZ back in June, coming within 32 nautical miles of Alaskan shores. The previous March, NORAD tasked F ...

Russian forces launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure on Friday morning, ...

MOSCOW--Two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers conducted a routine flight over the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, state-run TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing the Russian Defense ...

Two Russian Tu-95 bombers and two Chinese H-6K 'Badgers' triggered the alert. The H-6K’s entry into Alaska's ADIZ symbolized China's growing strategic ambitions. Historically ...

Poland's actions were likely in response to Russia's launch of four Tu-95 MS aircraft-launched cruise missiles from near the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast on February 25, according to ...

NORAD said at the time that the "unprofessional air maneuver directed at our NORAD F-16" occurred while it "was conducting a routine professional intercept of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft" on Sept.