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Record-breaking Russian Tu-95MS bombers: 40-hour patrol over three oceans
Moscow, Russia - Previous performance was of 36 hours
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Though patrol missions over Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans are a standard since 2007 – when then-president Vladimir Putin ordered resuming – now the issue touched record levels: according to Lt. Col. Vladimir Drik of Russina airi force, two Tu-95MS Bear-H strategic bombers carried out patrols over the three oceans and “Set a new flight duration record of about 40 hours, exceeding the previous recor...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1119676
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency