Tu-142 Bear F LRMP/ASW
Ту-142 Противолодочный самолет  The Tu-142 Bear F is the largest LRMP and ASW aircraft ever built, and one of the highest performing. A number of subtypes exist, and its airframe was the basis for the most recent Bear H strike variant.     |
Tu-142MR 'Orel' Bear J ELF C3 Relay
Ту-142МР 'Орел' Самолет-ретранслятор  The Tu-142MR 'Orel' [Eagle] Bear J is Russia's TACAMO, providing a communications relay capability to submerged SSBNs, SSGNs and SSNs. It is based on the Bear F airframe but has unique systems. The ventral fairing contains the VLF antenna cable reel, also note the unique nose radome and antenna on the vertical tail.  |
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Tu-16K-10 Badger C armed with the Raduga K-10 / AS-2 Kipper cruise missile.
   A K-10 Kipper ASCM being loaded on a Badger C (RuMoD). 
The Tu-16K-26, Tu-16K-10-26, and Tu-16K-10-26B Badger C (Mod) variants were equipped with the new Leninetz Rubin-1KV Short Horn attack radar to support the Raduga KSR-5 / AS-6 Kingfish supersonic ASCM. The missile was based on the large Kh-22 / AS-4 Kitchen.
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Tu-16RM/RM-1 Badger D Maritime ReconnaissanceТу-16РM/РM-1 Разведчик  The Tu-16RM variant was a dedicated maritime reconnaissance subtype, based on the Badger C. Intended to form the 'Hunter' component of a 'hunter-killer' mix with the Badger C, it is easily distinguished by the absence of missile pylons and the installation of ventral SRS-1M and SRS-4 Romb (Project 30) ESM receiver radomes. These aircraft were equipped with the improved YeN-R Puff Ball, credited with 180 kW peak power and a detection range of 260 NMI. Additional fuel was carried. Around 20 Badger Cs were converted to this configuration.   |
Tu-16K-11/K-11-16/K-16-26 Badger G Maritime Strike
Ту-16К-11/К-11-16/K-16-26 Бомбардировщик-ракетоносец  Tu-16K-16-26 Badger G variant equipped with the K-26 weapon system and the KSR-5N / AS-6 Kingfish supersonic ASCM. The Tu-16K-16 Badger G was a block upgrade of the earlier Tu-16KS Badger B, designed to support the KSR-2 / AS-5A Kelt ASCM. Development was initiated almost concurrently with the Badger C, while the KSR-2 was still designated the K-16. The upgrade saw the removal of the KS-1 Kennel weapon system, and retrofit of the new Rubin-1 Short Horn attack radar, DISS-1 Doppler nav, AP-6E autopilot and BD-352 pylon launchers. The Tu-16K-16 Badger G was exported to Egypt and used against Israel. The development of the K-11 weapon system, based on the anti-radiation homing KSR-2P / KSR-11 / AS-5B Kelt ASCM, led to the Tu-16K-11-16 variant, also equipped with the basic Kelt weapon system. To target the anti-radiation variants of the missile, the nose mounted Ritsa homing receiver was fitted (refer Badger C). The third evolution of the Badger G was the Tu-16K-16-26 variant, which introduced the K-26 weapon system and the KSR-5N / AS-6 Kingfish supersonic ASCM, and a comprehensive avionic and systems mid life upgrade. Initially this variant was designated the Ту-16КСР-2-5 / Tu-16KSR-2-5. Most of these aircraft retained the legacy nose radome arrangement, but using an improved Leninetz Rubin-1K Short Horn attack radar, which limited acquisition range to 130 NMI due to antenna size. Badger G aircraft equipped with the Ritsa RHAW acquired during the 1970s the capability to also carry the newer anti-radiation variant of the KSR-5, the KSR-5P. Some Badger Gs were also equipped with the 240 NMI range Rubin-1M attack radar mounted under a bulbous centre-section ventral radome. This solution was required to fit the larger high gain antenna package transplanted from the Berkut surface search radar, otherwise used in the Il-38 May LRMP aircraft. The latter Badger G variant could target shipping at the maximum range of the KSR-5 Kingfish. 
Badger G variant equipped with the 240 NMI range increased aperture Rubin-1M attack radar mounted under a bulbous centre-section ventral radome.
 
Above: Ritsa RHAW dual-baseline interferometer array used for precision emitter bearing measurements. Below: A pair of AV-MF Tu-16K-11-26P Badger G maritime defence suppression aircraft equipped with the Ritsa RHAW and KSR-5PM anti-radiation missiles. Note the distinctive white AV-MF camouflage paint. This image is unusual as it shows the maximum loadout of two rounds, typically not carried due to range limitations
    
Above, below: Egyptian Tu-16K-16 Badger G were armed with KSR-2 / AS-5 Kelt ASCMs.
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Tu-16R Badger E/F Tactical Reconnaissance / ELINT
Ту-16Р Тактический Разведчик / Cамолет электронной разведки  The Tu-16R Badger E is an ELINT / maritime reconnaissance conversion of the baseline Badger A airframe, equipped with RBP-4 or RBP-6 search radar, and the SRS-1 or SRS-3 ESM receivers. The designation Badger F is usually reserved for the Tu-16R configuration equipped with a podded ESM receiver package. The size and shape of these pods suggests these are related to the podded L-080/081 series Fantasmagoria ESM receivers carried by the Fencer. Some configurations were equipped with optical cameras, and the 75 cm focal length NAFA-MK-75 system for night photography.    |
Tu-16SPS/Yolka/Ye Badger H/K Electronic Combat Variants
Ту-16СПС/Ёлка/E Самолети РЭБ и Электронной разведки  The Soviets deployed a wide range of electronic combat variants of the Badger, and subjected most to various upgrades through their service life. There is little agreement between open sources on the specific configuration of particular subtypes. The Tu-16SPS was the first support jamming variant, equipped with the SRS-1BV and SRS-1D countermeasures receivers, and the SPS-1 low band jammer rated at 120 Watts, and SPS-2 mid band jammer rated at 300 Watts. The Tu-16 Yolka / Badger H was a chaff bomber, with a suite of automatic ASO-16 chaff dispensers in the bomb bay, and an SPS-4M Klyukva jammer later installed.  |
 The Badger J was the AV-MF equivalent of the EA-6B and EF-111A support jammers, equipped with a bomb bay mounted ventral canoe shaped radome for a suite of steerable jammer emitters. Most were converted from earlier support jamming variants. The tactical jamming system comprised the SPS-22N / SPS-33N / SPS-44N / SPS-55N and SPS-77 Buket, with range of deception and noise jamming modes in several bands. Russian sources claim that in 1972 the Buket was enhanced with the capability to focus its power into a narrow beam, probably by driving multiple emitters coherently and using them as a phased array, the upgrade applied to ten aircraft under the designation of "Fikus". During the 1960s some aircraft were also equipped with SPS-100A and SPS-100M high power noise jammers. Some were equipped with the SPS-120 Kaktus jammer, mounted in the bomb bay. Russian sources claim that some of these aircraft were fitted during the 1970s with SPS-151/152/153 Lyutik self protection jammers, common to the MiG-25RBV and MiG-25BM Foxbat, and the Tu-95K-22 Bear G. This equipment used the same antenna arrangement and tailcone fairing as the Azaliya equipped Badger L. As with the Badger L, there is considerable disagreement between open sources on the equipment fit in the Badger J series of EW subtypes  |
Tu-16Ye/YeR/P/PN/PP Azaliya Badger L Electronic Combat
Ту-16E/EР/П/ПH/ПП Азалия Самолети РЭБ и Электронной разведки  Several configurations of the Tu-16Ye have been reported, equipped with SPS-6 Los and SPS-61, SPS-62, SPS-63 Azaliya jammers. Another configuration used the SPS-5 Fasol noise jammer and SPS-64, SPS-65, SPS-66 Azaliya jammers. Some aircraft were also equipped with SPS-100A and SPS-100M high power noise jammers. Russian sources claim that many of these aircraft were equipped during the 1970s with SPS-151/152/153 Lyutik self protection jammers, common to the MiG-25RBV, MiG-25BM Foxbat and Tu-95K-22 Bear G. This equipment used emitters in the nose thimble radome, the antennas below the inlets, and the unique tailcone fairing which replaced the 23 mm gun equipped DK-7 tail turret. Some aircraft have been photographed with chaff dispensing pods, other podded ESM receivers identical to the type carried by the Badger F. The Tu-16YeR was an electronic reconnaissance adaptation using the SRS-1 ELINT receiver instead of the SPS-2 installation. The SPS-61R, SPS-63R Azaliya X-band jammers are also reported as equipment in the K-10SP powered ECM drone, launched by the Tu-16K-10 Badger C. There is considerable disagreement between open sources on the equipment fit in the Badger L series of EW subtypes - the aircraft is often credited with carrying components of the Buket suite. The ventral blister radomes are characteristic of the mid and high band components of the SRS-1 and SRS-4 ESM receivers used in various reconnaissance subtypes.     |
The underpowered Tu-22M2 Backfire B was the first production model, or which over 200 were built (US DoD).
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Tu-22M3 Backfire C
Ту-22M3 Бомбардировщик-ракетоносец Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0701 Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire C Bomber - missile carrier [Click for more ...]    
The centreline Kh-22 store is carried semi-conformally, with sculpted bomb bay doors to accommodate the weapon. The bomb bay rotary launcher is otherwise used for a range of weapons (US DoD).
Outboard glove station BD-45K adaptors are used to carry a pair of external Kh-22 rounds, but can be replaced with bomb racks for up to 3 tonnes of free fall bombs. (via Wikipedia).
 
The Kh-15 / AS-16 Kickback is the Russian equivalent to SAC's AGM-69 SRAM. Note the maritime strike CONOPS uses offboard targeting provided by the Tu-95RTs Bear D Uspekh / Big Bulge X-band surveillance and targeting radar (via Warfare.ru).
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I like very much to communicate. That is because communication means to better know and understand each other. Born and raised on a small country farm at about 150-km from Romania’s capital city, Bucharest, my roots lay in rural country. I was attracted by keen sensitivity to nature, down-to-earth practicality combined with fervent idealism and poetry. I always wanted to see what was over the next hill and I also was a voracious reader and thus largely self-educated, gregarious and deeply interested in people. My first beginning to a flying job was some fifty-five years ago, if one counts from July the 27th, 1950, my birth date. Before venturing off into the wild blue yonder, and a dream to blossom and become fruitful, apparently it all started at about three years of age, with looking into the sky for any strangers to come down from their flying machines. Graduated my primary school at that farming village and continued it, and added secondary school studies in the nearby town of Buzãu, and aviation training for particularly the flying profession followed (that is an other three-year period of training time).
Born in 1952 (April 17th), raised in a mixture of rural village and provincial town, Mr. TINEL CONSTANTINESCU has graduated as engineer at Universitatea Tehnică „Gh. Asachi” in Iași. He has previously graduated at Colegiul National "Costache Negruzzi" , Iasi. Mr. Constantinescu Tinel always had a keen interest in aerospace science, engineering and paranormal human behaviour... He is a real friend when you are in need, scrupulous entrepreneur, with huge attention payed to the detail and a very young spirit.
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