Tupolev 95, NATO reporting name Bear, in the mid-1950s the prototype/early production was called Tupolev 20. From official Soviet silent film, Tu-20s make a quick overfly of a parade in Moscow (the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics did not like publicly displaying their bombers, especially new bombers), 1957:
Bear-As were bombers and did not have refueling probes. Bear-B/Cs were bombers with refueling probes and could carry early style cruise missiles. Bear Ds were long rang maritime reconnaissance aircraft with radar bulges under chin and belly. Bear Es were also recon aircraft, with the tail gun replaced by electronic sensors. Bear-G/H carried cruise missiles and had a differently shaped radar bulge under its chin.
Silent U.S. Air Force film, ‘Bear-D’ South East of Iceland, 21NOV1967:
Silent USAF film, ‘Bear D’ East of Iceland, 16JAN1968:
Silent USAF film, ‘Bear B’ (while the film’s slate says Bear B, the shape of the radome indicates a Bear G/H, definitely not a Bear-B) escorted by F-102 Delta Dagger, South East of Iceland, 20FEB1968:
Silent USAF film, ‘Bear-C’ (as above, the shape of the chin radome indicates a Bear-G/H, not a Bear-C) escorted by F-102 Delta Dagger, 20FEB1968:
Silent U.S. Navy film, ‘Bear Ds’ buzz USS Essex (CVS-9), May 1968:
Silent USN film from May 1971, F-4Js ‘escort’ a Tu-95:
‘Bear A’ near Iceland, March 1972.
F-8 Crusader escorts ‘Bear-D’, 25MAY1974, photo by Lieutenant Fessenden.
USN photo dated 15MAY1974.
F-106 Delta Dart escorts Bear-D.
Bicentennial F-4C/D escorts Bear-D.
F-14A escorts ‘Bear-D’, 15OCT1979.
F-4E escorts ‘Bear-A(?)’, 28SEP1980, photo by Master Sergeant Richard Diaz.
Somewhere over the North Atlantic, F-4Es escort ‘Bear-D’, September 1980, photo by Master Sergeant Richard Diaz.
There is also a gun turret under the rear fuselage, September 1980, photo by Master Sergeant Richard Diaz.
Texas Air National Guard F-4C escorts Bear-D, August 1981.
1982, ‘Bear-A’.
‘Bear-D’ over the Mediterranean Sea, May 1983.
U.S. Navy photo, published January 1984.
‘Bear-E’ (notice the fairing where the tail gun would be), August 1985.
Pukin Dogs F-14s escort Bear-D.
‘Bear-E’ with F-14D, August 1985. You can see the tail gun position is faired over, but there is still a gun turret underneath the rear fuselage.
A-7E escorts Bear-D, September/October 1985.
‘Bear E/G/H(?)’, U.S. Navy photo published July 1987.
‘Bear G/H(?)’, USN photo published August 1988.
Cold War Vehicle I-D: B-47 STRATOJET
Modern Vehicle I-D: SUKHOI 24