Parked on the static. Tu-142 "043 black" was parked elsewhere.

The MS version of the Tu-95 (NATO reporting name Bear-H) was the cruise missile carrier platform based on the Tu-142 airframe and went into serial production in 1981. this example is on display at the Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino.

At the 1994 IAT we had to wait until late in the afternoon, but then finally there was the sound of those magnificent engines, and moments later we were treated with the spectacle of a Russian Air Force Tupolev 95 Bear in take-off! It put up a nice show, and is seen here climbing away in the direction of the setting sun…

Russian Air Force Tu-95 Bear H displayed at the 1993 RIAT show at Fairford.

A very impressive aircraft, photographed shortly after its take-off, gear being retracted. What a pity these beauties always remained a rarity in the West…