TU-95 Bear

The Tupolev Tu-95 (Туполев Ту–95) (NATO reporting name Bear) is the most successful and longest-serving Tupolev strategic bomber and missile carrier built by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Even as the cold war drew to an end, no-one could have predicted the fantastic sights of awesome Soviet technology that we were destined to be seen at forthcoming airshows. The Bear and Backfire epitomise the dark threat that the West lived with for forty years whilst the Russian Knights team with six Flankers and the Rolls Royce powered Tu 204 herald a new era of friendship and co-operation.

Military Airshow presents the highlights from 6 of the UK's premier events in a 90 minute feast of spactacular action. A massive range of military metal from 10 countries including Russia appear in an all action style that will bring hours of pleasure to any aircraft enthusiast.

Narrated by Jerry Mead.

In addition ot the regular airshow scene, Aviation review of this year is a compilation of the highlights from 1993. The maiden flight of the rebuilt Blenheim, the airshow debut at Biggin Hill at the source classic jet flight's Venom and Vampire team, the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Air Force and the last flights of the Lightning, Victor and Vulcan are all covered in this specially commisioned video for FlyPast and AFM magazines.