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RAF Lightning pilot flew a solo intercept against a formation of 80 Soviet Tu-95 Bear and Tu-16 Badger strategic bombers off the UK coast
The RAF Lightning
The Lightning was the first fully supersonic aircraft in the Royal Air Force, and Fighter Command's maximum speeds were instantly doubled with...
US Navy A-7 pilot recalls when he flew alone into a formation of Soviet Tu-16 bombers to see if they were conducting a missile...
A lonely US Navy A-7 intercepts a formation of Soviet Tu-16 Badger bombers
The Tupolev Tu-16, also known by the NATO reporting name Badger, was...
Soviet Tu-16 Badger bomber buzzing the USS Essex aircraft carrier before crashing into the sea
After making four passes over the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex, a wing of the Tu-16 Badger clipped the sea on the final...
When the only two Tupolev Tu-16 airstrikes against Israel were carried out by the Iraqi Air Force
Both Israeli Mirage pilots were scared away by Tupolev Tu-16 defensive fire from the tail-mounted barbette after their Shafrir Mk.1 air-to-air missile attack attempt...