Tupolev Tu-16

Also known as Badger, Tu-16

bomber aircraft family by Tupolev

Key facts

Type: Strategic bomber
National origin: Soviet Union
Manufacturer: Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Designer: Tupolev
Status: In service with China as Xi'an H-6
Primary users: People's Liberation Army Air Force Russian Air Force (historical), Egyptian Air Force (historical), Iraqi Air Force (historical)
Number built: 1,509
Manufactured: 1952–1962
First flight: 27 April 1952
Variant: Xi'an H-6
Developed into: Tupolev Tu-104 , Tupolev Tu-124 , Tupolev Tu-107

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The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years. While many aircraft in Soviet service were retired after the Cold War ended, a Chinese license-built version, the Xi'an H-6, remains in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

The bomber saw decades of combat use with the Egyptian and Iraqi Air Forces. Egypt conducted its first combat use in the North Yemen civil war, later in the Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War against Israel, and briefly in the Egyptian–Libyan War. Iraq also used the bomber in the Six-Day War, and later the Iran–Iraq War.