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Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft. None in this manual.
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.
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| Updated: 03 February 2008 |
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Born 04 September 2000 |