Back then, the United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union (and now Russia) and other countries had all equipped the bomber . However, after the British Victor bomber and the French Phantom IV bomber were gradually retired one after another, there are currently only three and air forces that are still equipped with large bombers.
British and French bombers
Compared with fighter , bombers with larger size, longer range and larger load capacity are obviously much more difficult to equip. The role of bombers in wars, especially large-scale wars, is still great. Today, Brother Sanbai will take you to learn about the current number of large bomber equipment of several air forces.
In third place is Russian Air Force . Russia is currently equipped with three types of large bombers, namely, about 62 Tu-22M3s, about 60 -Tu95MSs, and about 16 famous -Tutorial 160s. The total number of s is about 138.
The bomber currently equipped by Russia and has been in service for a long time is the Tu95MS.
Although this type of bomber was developed in the 1950s, even today, its overall combat power can still be said to be something that cannot be underestimated.. At least for now, the Russian Air Force still has no intention of retiring it in a short time . The combat power of this series of bombers is indeed very powerful. It is reported that more than 500 bombers were built during the Soviet period, and it is estimated that they will be in service for many years.
Figure 22M Bomber The performance of is also very impressive . Although this type of bomber successfully flew for the first time around the 1970s, and it has been decades ago, its overall combat effectiveness is still very strong, but the Soviet Union has always called it a medium-range bomber. , the reason is that its flight range is short, only about 7,000 kilometers. However, there is news that after improvements, the range of Figure 22 may be increased to about 10,000 kilometers, and the overall performance is indeed good.
Let’s take a look at the famous picture 160 “ white swan ” . Speaking of Figure 160, the first thing everyone sees is her beautiful appearance and majestic overall fuselage, but what cannot be ignored is that the combat power of this strategic bomber is also very powerful.
The size and total weight of the Tu-160 are very large, but her flight speed has reached an astonishing Mach 2.5 or above. In recent years, the Tu-160 has even been able to fly away from Japan's new aircraft several times when it flew to the Sea of Japan to perform missions. F35 put into use. The Tu-160 has a range of 16,000 kilometers. In other words, if the fighter takes off from Moscow, the Tu-160 can fly to San Francisco on the west coast of the United States without making any stops. The second largest number of
is the US Air Force . The United States has 157 large bombers , including 76 B-52H, 62 B-1B and 19 B-2 stealth bombers .
B-52H is known as " stratospheric fortress " . The fighter successfully flew for the first time in 1952 and officially entered service three years later. It is an aircraft of the same era as the figure 95. More than 700 of this fighter were built before production was discontinued.
B52H has a length of 48.5 meters, a wingspan of 56.4 meters, a maximum take-off weight of about 220 tons, and a crew of five. The bomber has a speed of Mach 0.81 and a range of 16,000 kilometers. The bomber is reported to be in service with the US Air Force until 2050.
B-1 bomber is also one of the bombers currently in service in the United States. The aircraft has a length of 44.5 meters, a wingspan of 41.8 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 216 tons, a range of nearly 12,000 kilometers, and a crew of four. As of now, the B-1B bomber also has many records in terms of load capacity, speed and range. This type of bomber will also be in service until at least 2030.
B-2 bomber is currently the only stealth bomber in the world. Of course, this stealth does not refer to optical stealth, but means that it is difficult to be found on the radar .This bomber is also the only bomber with only a built-in bomb bay.
B-2 has a length of 21.0 meters, a wingspan of 52.4 meters, a height of 5.18 meters, a wing area of 478 square meters, an empty weight of 71.7 tons, a normal take-off weight of 152 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 170 tons, a maximum speed of Mach 0.95, and a range of 10,000 kilometers. Above, the crew is two people.
So which one is ranked first? The answer is self-evident.
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