The Tupolev Tu-95 is a quad-engine strategic bomber and missile-carrying aircraft designed and developed by the Tupolev Group during the Soviet Union regime.

The Tupolev Tu-95, dubbed the "Bear" by NATO, has soared through the skies since 1956. Starting production in 1952, roughly 500 bombers were created until production stopped in 1993.

Russia's venerable Tupolev Tu-95 bomber is a gigantic, lumbering and slow behemoth that flies with turbine-driven propellers. It has an engine technology that the U.S. Air Force wouldn't be caught ...

Russian Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers fly above the Kremlin in Moscow on May 4, 2018. Satellite images published on Thursday show Russian Tu-95 bombers at a base near the city of Engels in ...

Seven strategic bombers appear to be completely destroyed, very likely four Tupolev Tu-22M and three Tupolev Tu-95 bombers. They were also visible in the drone footage.

Tupolev produced the last Tu-95 during the early 1990s, but the manufacturer has continued to modernize the turboprop bomber into the 21st century as they remain in military service.

The bomb was so monstrous that it couldn't fit in the carrier bomber, the specially modified Tupolev TU-95 (airplane enthusiasts might know it by the affectionate codename "The Bear").

A Russian Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name: Bear) jet bomber, followed by fighters, fly over Red Square during the Victory Day Parade main rehearsals, May 7, 2022 in Moscow, Russia.

A Ukrainian security source told BI that Kyiv struck at least 40 Russian aircraft on Sunday, including Tu-95 and Tu-22M bombers.