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The US Navy fighters that crashed while intercepting Tu-16 Badger
The reconnaissance versions of the Tu-16 saw the most action in the Cold War. In the course of such sorties, the Badgers were often...
A Tu-16 bomber crew member recalls a training mission where the aircraft dropped a real nuclear bomb
Nuclear testing
At the height of the Cold War, in the early 1960s, nuclear testing was resumed by both the US and USSR.
The largest thermonuclear...
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...