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Tupolev Tu-4 Bull

Role Strategic bomber
National origin Soviet Union
Manufacturer Tupolev
First flight 19 May 1947
Introduction 1949
Retired 1988 (China)
Primary users Soviet Air Force
PLA Air Force
Produced 1949–1952
Number built 847
Developed from Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Variants Tupolev Tu-70
Tupolev Tu-75
Developed into Tupolev Tu-80
Tupolev Tu-85
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Tupolev Tu-4 (Туполев Ту-4; NATO reporting name: Bull)



Toward the end of World War II, the Soviet Union saw the need for a strategic bombing capability similar to that of the United States Army Air Forces. The Soviet VVS air arm had the locally designed Petlyakov Pe-8 four-engined "heavy" in service at the start of the war, but only 93 had been built by the end of the war and the type had become obsolete. The U.S. regularly conducted bombing raids on Japan, from distant Pacific forward bases using B-29 Superfortresses. Joseph Stalin ordered the development of a comparable bomber.

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The Tupolev Tu-4 (Russian: Туполев Ту-4; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid-1960s. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress, having been reverse-engineered from seized aircraft that had made emergency landings in the USSR.

Variants

Tu-4 at China Aviation Museum
Tu-4
main production version, originally designated B-4
Tu-4 Variants without special designations:
Tu-4 ELINT and ECM
Tu-4 mothership for the DFS 346A.(Note:other DFS346 prototypes were carried by one of the Boeing B-29s interned during the war).
Tu-4 escort fighter mothership (Project Burlaki)
Tu-4 remotely controlled target drone converted from time expired bombers.
Tu-4 fuel carrier
Tu-4 in-flight refuelling testbeds (four different systems were trialled)
Tu-4 radiation reconnaissance aircraft
Tu-4 communications relay aircraft
Tu-4A
Nuclear capable bomber used to test Soviet RDS-1, RDS-3 and RDS-5 nuclear bombs. The standard Tu-4 was not capable of carrying these weapons.
 

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          • Crew: 11
          • Length: 30.18 m (99 ft 0 in)
          • Wingspan: 43.05 m (141 ft 3 in)
          • Height: 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)
          • Wing area: 161.7 m2 (1,741 sq ft)
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          • Empty weight: 36,850 kg 
          • Gross weight: 47,850 kg 
          • Max takeoff weight: 55,600 kg (122,577 lb) – 63,600 kg 
          • Powerplant: 4 × Shvetsov ASh-73TK 18-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,790 kW (2,400 hp) each
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    • Maximum speed: 558 km/h 
    • Range: 5,400 km (3,400 mi, 2,900 nmi) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft) with 63,600 kg (140,200 lb) take-off weight including 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) of bombs and 10% fuel reserves
    • Service ceiling: 11,200 m (36,700 ft)
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Between 1970 and December 2016 there were 110 serious incidents involving the Tu-154, including 73 hull losses,
 with 2,911 fatalities.

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In October 2020 ALROSA, the last Russian passenger airline to operate this aircraft, retired its last remaining Tu-154

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In January 2010 Russian flag carrier Aeroflot announced the retirement of its Tu-154 fleet after 40 years, with the last scheduled flight being Aeroflot Flight 736 from Yekaterinburg to Moscow on 31 December 2009.

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