CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 4 months agothe curse of the strategic bomber that refuses to be retired is not USA-exclusive.imagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imagethe curse of the strategic bomber that refuses to be retired is not USA-exclusive.CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArbitraryValuelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoRussia is still flying the Tu-95. I think it’s the champion here.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoif you consider H-6 a variant of Tu-16, then all three had first flight in 1952
minus-squareArbitraryValuelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoTrue, but in the case of a tie I would still give the victory to the Tu-95 because it has propellers.
Russia is still flying the Tu-95. I think it’s the champion here.
if you consider H-6 a variant of Tu-16, then all three had first flight in 1952
True, but in the case of a tie I would still give the victory to the Tu-95 because it has propellers.