Tu-16 BADGER (TUPOLEV)

Gary's Combat Aircraft Reference Guide

Country of Origin: CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft: None.
Crew: Six.
Role: Strategic bomber, ELINT, ECM.
Armament: Bombs, missiles, cannon.
Dimensions: Length: 114 ft (34.8 m). Span: 108 ft (32.9 m).

Wings: Mid-mounted, swept-back, and tapered with blunt tips. Fences on top of wings. Landing gear pods extend beyond wings' trailing edges.

Engine(s): Two turbojets mounted in wing roots extend beyond the leading and trailing edges of the wing root. Round air intakes.

Fuselage: Long, slender, and bulging where the engines are mounted and tapered to the tail. Round, glassed-in nose. Stepped cockpit.

Tail: Swept-back, tapered fin and flats with blunt tips. Flats low-mounted on the fin. Tail gunner compartment.

CIS, Egypt, Iraq, People's Republic of China (H-6), Ukraine.