Tupolev Tu-16 bomber

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The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.

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AI-generated illustration of Tupolev Tu-16 bomber

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of a tupolev Tu-16 bomber (The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.)

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tupolev Tu-16 12
Tupolev Tu‑16 2
Soviet Long‑Range Aviation 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
armament defensive cannon turrets ⓘ
internal bomb bay ⓘ
bombLoad up to about 9000 kg ⓘ
construction all-metal monoplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 6 ⓘ
designedFor conventional bombing ⓘ
long-range bombing missions ⓘ
nuclear weapons delivery ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
enteredService mid-1950s ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
exportVersion Xian H-6 ⓘ
firstFlight 1952-04-27 ⓘ
introduced 1954 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn China ⓘ
manufacturer Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev
maximumSpeed about 1050 km/h ⓘ
natoReportingName Badger ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
powerplant Mikulin AM-3 turbojet ⓘ
primaryUsers Egyptian Air Force ⓘ
Indonesian Air Force ⓘ
Iraqi Air Force ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Air Force

Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
Soviet Naval Aviation ⓘ
producedInCountry Soviet Union ⓘ
range about 7200 km ⓘ
role electronic warfare ⓘ
maritime strike ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 12500 m ⓘ
status retired in Russia ⓘ
successor Tupolev Tu-22M ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedInConflict Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Six-Day War ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
variant Tu-16K missile carrier ⓘ
Tu-16P electronic warfare version ⓘ
Tu-16R reconnaissance version ⓘ
Tu-16T torpedo bomber ⓘ
wingConfiguration swept wing ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrei Tupolev → notableWork → Tupolev Tu-16 bomber ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces → notableAircraft → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Tupolev → hasProduct → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Tupolev Tu-2 → successor → Tupolev Tu‑16 ⓘ
subject linked to: Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Tupolev Tu-4 → successor → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
subject linked to: Tupolev Tu-4 bomber
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Tupolev Tu-104 → developedFrom → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
subject linked to: Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
VVS → operatedAircraftModel → Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Xian H-6 → basedOn → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Bat → successor → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Mikulin AM-3 → usedIn → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
subject linked to: Mikulin AM-3 turbojet
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Badger → refersTo → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Badger → notableUser → Soviet Long‑Range Aviation ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Tupolev Design Bureau → designed → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
H‑6A → basedOn → Tupolev Tu‑16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
H-6H → basedOn → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
subject linked to: H‑6H
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
H-6G → airframeOrigin → Tupolev Tu-16 design ⓘ
subject linked to: H‑6G
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
H-6F → basedOn → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
subject linked to: H‑6F
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Soviet Long-Range Aviation → usedAircraft → Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber