Two Tu-95 (center) and one B-52H (front); behind is the much larger An-124. Credits: TSGT. FERNANDO SERNA / US Air Force As per the Guinness Book of World Records, the Tupolev Tu-95 holds the title of the loudest active military aircraft. After World War II, the Soviet Union sought a …
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The Russian Air Force is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merger of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. The modern Russian Air Force was originally established on 7 May 1992 following Boris Yeltsin’s creation …
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A strategic bomber is a medium to long range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target for the purposes of debilitating the enemy’s capacity to wage war. Ever since the U.S.A. dropped a nuclear bomb in World War II, nations that possess …
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