A moment of airshow history occured in 1993: the first public appearance of a Tupolev Tu-95 in the west. This was the main Soviet long-range nuclear bomber throughout the Cold War, providing much the same capability as America's B-52s. It remains very much in service today, and the type will likely remain operational into the 2040s. | PlanesTV.com

United Aircraft Corporation has just released the first-ever footage of the maiden flight of a heavily upgraded Tupolev Tu-95MSM (NATO reporting name “Bear”). The first flight took place on Aug. 22, 2020, at the Taganrog Aviation Plant, in Taganrog. Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-bjk | Military Leak

EXCLUSIVE VIEW Watch the very long takeoff of Soviet Union Tu-95 “Bear” strategic bomber. In 1961, it dropped the most powerful thermonuclear device ever detonated! Thanks to A1R FLYCAM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPQ4Qr4gUzZsuZ-YkfMcnA | AIRLIVE.net