Russian Tu-95MS nuclear-capable strategic bombers have completed a routine patrol flight over international waters in the Bering Sea, Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday, February 20. The missile carriers were escorted by fighter jets from foreign countries, the ministry said. Earlier on Thursday, The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said it detected and tracked multiple Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) off Alaska. NORA

A moment of airshow history occured in 1993: the first public appearance of a Tupolev Tu-95 in the west. This was the main Soviet long-range nuclear bomber throughout the Cold War, providing much the same capability as America's B-52s. It remains very much in service today, and the type will likely remain operational into the 2040s. | PlanesTV.com