Russian Air Force Lifts Ban on Tu-95 Bomber Flights

[SBD-3]

The Russian Air Force has lifted the ban on flights of Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers.

Russia imposed the ban on Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber flights in December after an An-22 **** transport plane was destroyed in a crash, killing all 12 crew members.

The Russian Air Force decided to ground all Tu-95s and An-22s because both aircraft types share the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, whose failure was suspected as the main cause of the crash, reports RIA Novosti.

The Tu-95 is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform, while the An-22 is considered to be the largest turboprop-powered aircraft in the world.
Russian Air Force Lifts Ban on Tu-95 Bomber Flights - Air Force Technology

 

[somebozo]

Russia showing muscle with cold war era tech..or at least desperately tying to!

 

[SBD-3]

Russia showing muscle with cold war era tech..or at least desperately tying to!

yeah, but i wonder with the increasing presence of SAMs like S-300 and PAC-3, how these turbopropers would survive. Reminds me of a guy who rightly said, now B-52 and H-130 Spookey will only be used in countries like Afghanistan

 

[duhastmish]

read again -

they gorunded them because they thought there was some big problem with tu-95.

but now they realised its all fine they are lifitng ban and the tu-95 will fly again.

the ban was not on sale -