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Two Tu-95 Bear bomber aircraft, center, and an AN-124 Condor transport aircraft of the Russian military, background, are parked on the flight line beside a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft of the 62nd Bombardment Squadron. The Russian planes are on base as part of an exchange program proposed by Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN. Merrill A. McPeak

LT. COL. Mike Chase, commander of the 62nd Bombardment Squadron, right, converses with Russian LT. COL. Sergei Polunin during a visit to the base by Russian LT. COL. Sergei Polunin during a visit to the base by Russian military personnel, part of exchange program proposed by Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN. Merrill A. McPeak. Polunin landed the first Tu-95 Bear bomber aircraft, background, on an American base and Chase landed the first B-52 Stratofortress aircraft on a Russian base

A U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom aircraft (right) assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing 'Happy Hooligans', North Dakota Air National Guard, intercepts a United Soviet Socialists Republic (Russian) TU-95 Bear bomber aircraft over the Arctic Ocean, during a flight to Keflavik, Iceland in 1983. Eight Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were intercepted by Hooligan pilots during the deployment. (A3604) (U.S. Air Force PHOTO) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom aircraft (right) assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing 'Happy Hooligans', North Dakota Air National Guard, intercepts a United Soviet Socialists Republic (Russian) TU-95 Bear bomber aircraft over the Arctic Ocean, during a flight to Keflavik, Iceland in 1983. Eight Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were intercepted by Hooligan pilots during the deployment. (A3604) (U.S. Air Force PHOTO) (Released)

An air-to-air right side view of a Soviet Tu-95 Bear H bomber aircraft

A left side view of a Soviet Tu-95 Bear bomber aircraft equipped with undernose radar scanner and underbelly radome in flight

An air-to-air left side view of a Russian Tu-95 Bear G bomber aircraft over the Western Pacific

A United Soviet Socialists Republic (Russian) TU-95 Bear bomber aircraft in flight over the Arctic Ocean, during a flight to Keflavik, Iceland in 1983. Eight Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were intercepted by U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom aircraft assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing 'Happy Hooligans', North Dakota Air National Guard, during the deployment. (A3604) (U.S. Air Force PHOTO) (Released)

A Russian designed MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter, far side, flown by a German Luftwaffer pilot with Germany's (DEV) 73rd Fighter Wing (FW) or "Steinhoff," stays in formation with a US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle piloted by Major (MAJ) Richard "Crash" Miller, from the 19th Fighter Squadron (FS), Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, over the Gulf of Mexico during a joint training exercise

A Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber aircraft, foreground, is marshalled into a parking place beside a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft of the 62nd Bombardment Squadron during a visit to the base by Russian military personnel, part of an exchange program proposed by Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN. Merrill A. McPeak

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Barksdale Air Force Base

State: Louisiana (LA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Fernando Serna

Release Status: Released to Public

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The Tu-95 BEAR was perhaps the most successful bomber produced by Soviet aviation. It was the only bomber deployed by any country to use turboprop engines, which provided extraordinarily long endurance at speeds only slightly less than comparable turbojet-powered heavy bombers. The development of the Tu-95 intercontinental bomber began in the early 1950s. A team under Aleksandr A. Arkhangelsky, Tupolev’s longtime associate, designed the Tu-95 (“Bear”), a huge turboprop bomber that first flew in 1954 and became one of the most durable military aircraft ever built. A huge turboprop bomber first flew in 1954. Tu-95 bombers are still on the frontlines after more than 60 years in service. Two civilian aircraft were derived from these—the Tu-104, which appeared in 1955 and became one of the first jet transports to provide regular passenger service, and the Tu-114 long-range passenger plane, the largest propeller-driven aircraft ever in regular service.

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russian tu russian tu bear bomber aircraft bear bomber aircraft foreground place stratofortress bombardment bombardment squadron personnel exchange program exchange program air force staff gen merrill mcpeak general merrill mcpeak louisiana chief of staff pentagon us military command b 52 h stratofortress tu 95 tupolev bomber b 52 bomber stratofortress bomber technical sergeant high resolution barksdale air force base russian tu 95 bear bomber aircraft air force chief b 52 h stratofortress aircraft fernando serna us air force b 52 stratofortress air force base jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives