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CCCP-42355 Tupolev Tu-16 at Moscow Chkalovsky Air Base on 28th June 2002 (scanned slide)

CCCP-42355 Tupolev Tu-16 in full Aeroflot colours seen at Moscow Chkalovsky Airport on 28th June 2002. This aircraft was photographed during a ramp tour of the Yuri Gagarin flight school (organised through George Pick Travel).

The Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting name: Badger) was a twin-engined jet strategic bomber used by the Soviet Union. It flew for more than 50 years but last flew in Russia in 1993.

 

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Taken on June 28, 2002