The Russian air force has suffered its sixth crash in as many weeks after a Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear strategic bomber failed whilst on a training flight in Russia’s far-eastern Khabarovskiy region.
Russia has suffered a series of military aircraft crashes this summer, since a MiG29 ‘Fulcrum’ and Su-34 ‘Fullback’ fighter crashed on the same day in the first week of June, in seemingly unrelated incidents. Within five days of those crashes, a Tu-95 bomber ignited during a practice flight, prompting the air force to ground other Bear bombers for the day.
Another MiG-29 went down above Krasnodarsk region during the first week …read more
Source: Newsweek
