The Tu-16 Badger The establishment of NATO posed the need for the Soviet war machine to create a fast jet… Read More
The Tu-16 was then hit by one of two missiles fired by two Mirages and attempted to escape in an… Read More
The Tu-16 Badger made four passes over the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex, and on the last a wing… Read More
This was the only occasion when 3M bombers on quick-reaction alert (QRA) duty actually sat armed with nuclear bombs, ready… Read More
Still pursued by the two Mirages, the Tupolev thundered low over the Israeli air base, making a right turn that… Read More
The Tu-16 Badger Developed to meet a Soviet Ministry of Defense requirement for a fast bomber that would counter the… Read More
The Tu-16 Badger bombers took off and began the circuitous route to Moscow, assuming close formation before the final turn… Read More
There was a joke in the Soviet Air Force that you could identify the pilot of an in-flight refueling -capable… Read More
Between others, in 1959-1960, Mubarak and his unit's Il-28Rs flew a series of nocturnal reconnaissance sorties over Israel: the last… Read More
‘I remember the Tu-16 coming over the flight deck from starboard to port flying a couple hundred yards and appeared… Read More
The Israeli Mirages attempted to attack with Shafrir Mk.1 air-to-air missiles, but these missed, and both pilots were then scared… Read More
"While the mass contacts of 60...70...80 (who knows?) contacts which, as if raging bulls bent on widespread death and destruction,… Read More
“This is the Chief-of-Staff: Launch the alert five.” In just minutes we could hear the A-6 engines starting directly above… Read More
One rule of engagement was constant in all these incidents: make the intercept as close as possible to 100 miles… Read More
