The Tu-95ms long-range aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces made a scheduled flight over the international waters of the Sea of Japan. ⏱️ The flight duration exceeded 11 hours. 🔹 Su-35S and Su-30SM aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces escorted the bombers. 🔹 At certain stages of the route, the long-range bombers were escorted by fighter jets of foreign countries. Long-range aircraft regularly fly over the international waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific oceans, Baltic and Bl

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