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Tupolev Tu-4, the Glossary

Index Tupolev Tu-4

The Tupolev Tu-4 (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.[1]

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  1. 86 relations: Aerial refueling, Aeroflot, Air raids on Japan, Airborne early warning and control, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Autocannon, Avro Lincoln, Barbette, Beijing, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Central Air Force Museum, Central Fighter Establishment, Chicago, China, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Consolidated B-32 Dominator, Datangshan, De Havilland Vampire, Deicing boot, DFS 346, Dobrynin VD-4K, Electronic countermeasure, Gloster Meteor, Identification friend or foe, Ivchenko AI-20, Joseph Stalin, Kazan, KJ-1 AEWC, KS-1 Komet, Kuznetsov NK-12, Kuznetsov NK-4, Lavochkin La-17, Lend-Lease, Liquid oxygen, List of bomber aircraft, List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS, Los Angeles, Messerschmitt Me 264, Metric system, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Mikulin AM-3, Monino, Myasishchev M-4, NATO reporting name, Nikolai Rybko, Nudelman-Suranov NS-23, OKB, Pacific Ocean, Pacific War, ... Expand index (36 more) »

  2. 1940s Soviet bomber aircraft
  3. Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Aerial refueling

Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.

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Aeroflot

PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии"), commonly known as Aeroflot (or; Аэрофлот), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia.

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Air raids on Japan

During the Pacific War, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people.

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Airborne early warning and control

An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as performing command and control of the battlespace in aerial engagements by informing and directing friendly fighter and attack aircraft.

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Autocannon

An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber (or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles (bullets) fired by a machine gun.

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Avro Lincoln

The Avro Type 694 Lincoln is a British four-engined heavy bomber, which first flew on 9 June 1944. Tupolev Tu-4 and Avro Lincoln are four-engined piston aircraft, four-engined tractor aircraft and mid-wing aircraft.

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Barbette

Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Tupolev Tu-4 and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress are four-engined piston aircraft and four-engined tractor aircraft.

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Tupolev Tu-4 and Boeing B-29 Superfortress are four-engined piston aircraft, four-engined tractor aircraft and mid-wing aircraft.

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Central Air Force Museum

The Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушныхсил РФ) is an aviation museum in Monino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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Central Fighter Establishment

The Central Fighter Establishment was a Royal Air Force formation that dealt with the development of fighter aircraft tactics which was formed on 4 September 1944 as a nucleus at RAF Tangmere.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. Tupolev Tu-4 and Consolidated B-24 Liberator are four-engined piston aircraft and four-engined tractor aircraft.

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Consolidated B-32 Dominator

The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber built for United States Army Air Forces during World War II, which had the distinction of being the last Allied aircraft to be engaged in combat during World War II; that engagement also resulted in the last American to die in air combat in World War II. Tupolev Tu-4 and Consolidated B-32 Dominator are four-engined piston aircraft and four-engined tractor aircraft.

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Datangshan

Datangshan is a village and a hill in the Changping District of Beijing, China.

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De Havilland Vampire

The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. Tupolev Tu-4 and de Havilland Vampire are mid-wing aircraft.

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Deicing boot

A deicing boot is a type of ice protection system installed on aircraft surfaces to permit a mechanical deicing in flight.

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DFS 346

The DFS 346 (Samolyot 346) was a German rocket-powered swept-wing aircraft which began development during World War II in Germany. Tupolev Tu-4 and DFS 346 are mid-wing aircraft.

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Dobrynin VD-4K

The Dobrynin VD-4K was a Soviet six-bank, 24-cylinder, turbo-compound, inline radial engine developed after the end of World War II.

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Electronic countermeasure

An electronic countermeasure (ECM) is an electrical or electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, sonar, or other detection systems, like infrared (IR) or lasers.

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Gloster Meteor

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War.

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Identification friend or foe

Identification, friend or foe (IFF) is a combat identification system designed for command and control.

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Ivchenko AI-20

The Ivchenko AI-20 is a Soviet turboprop engine developed by the Ivchenko design bureau in the 1950s.

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

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Kazan

Kazan is the largest city and capital of Tatarstan, Russia.

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KJ-1 AEWC

The KJ-1 (from p, short for 空中预警 kōngzhōng yùjǐng meaning "airborne early warning") was a Chinese experimental airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, based on a Tupolev Tu-4 bomber aircraft. Tupolev Tu-4 and kJ-1 AEWC are Boeing B-29 Superfortress, four-engined tractor aircraft and mid-wing aircraft.

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KS-1 Komet

The Raduga KS-1 Komet (КС-1 "Комета", NATO reporting name: Kennel), also referred to as AS-1 and KS-1 (крылатый снаряд - winged projectile) was a Soviet short range air-to-surface missile, primarily developed for anti-ship missions.

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Kuznetsov NK-12

The Kuznetsov NK-12 is a Soviet turboprop engine of the 1950s, designed by the Kuznetsov design bureau.

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Kuznetsov NK-4

The Kuznetsov NK-4 is a turboprop engine, designed by the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

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Lavochkin La-17

The Lavochkin La-17 was the first Soviet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to reach operational service. Tupolev Tu-4 and Lavochkin La-17 are mid-wing aircraft.

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Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, in Milestone Documents, National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C., retrieved February 8, 2024; (notes: "Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed 'vital to the defense of the United States.'"; contains photo of the original bill, H.R. Tupolev Tu-4 and lend-Lease are Soviet Union–United States relations.

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Liquid oxygen

Liquid oxygen, sometimes abbreviated as LOX or LOXygen, is a clear light sky-blue liquid form of dioxygen.

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List of bomber aircraft

Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets.

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List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational types regardless of era.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Messerschmitt Me 264

The Messerschmitt Me 264 was a long-range strategic bomber developed during World War II for the German Luftwaffe as its main strategic bomber. Tupolev Tu-4 and Messerschmitt Me 264 are four-engined piston aircraft and four-engined tractor aircraft.

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Metric system

The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. Tupolev Tu-4 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 are aircraft first flown in 1947 and mid-wing aircraft.

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Mikulin AM-3

The Mikulin AM-3 (also called RD-3M) was a turbojet engine developed in the Soviet Union by Alexander Mikulin.

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Monino

Monino (Мо́нино) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Shchyolkovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow.

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Myasishchev M-4

The Myasishchev M-4 Molot (Молот (Hammer), USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 37", ASCC reporting name Bison) was a four-engined strategic bomber designed by Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev and manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 1950s to provide a Long Range Aviation bomber capable of attacking targets in North America.

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NATO reporting name

NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by post-Soviet states, former Warsaw Pact countries, China, and other countries.

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Nikolai Rybko

Nikolai Stepanovich Rybko (Николай Степанович Рыбко; 28 August 1977) was a decorated test pilot and lead engineer of the Gromov Flight Research Institute.

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Nudelman-Suranov NS-23

The NS-23 was a aircraft cannon designed by A. E. Nudelman, A. Suranov, G. Zhirnykh, V. Nemenov, S. Lunin, and M. Bundin during World War II as a replacement for the Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 cannon.

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OKB

OKB is a transliteration of the Russian initials of "опытно-конструкторское бюро" –, meaning 'experiment and design bureau'.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pacific War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

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People's Liberation Army Air Force

The People's Liberation Army Air Force, also referred to as the Chinese Air Force or the People's Air Force, is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army.

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Petlyakov Pe-8

The Petlyakov Pe-8 (Петляков Пе-8) was a Soviet heavy bomber designed before World War II, and the only four-engine bomber the USSR built during the war. Tupolev Tu-4 and Petlyakov Pe-8 are 1940s Soviet bomber aircraft, four-engined piston aircraft, four-engined tractor aircraft and mid-wing aircraft.

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Poltava Air Base

Poltava Air Base (Авіабаза «Полтава», Авиабаза «Полтава») is a military airfield located approximately northwest of Poltava, Ukraine.

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Radome

A radome (a portmanteau of radar and dome) is a structural, weatherproof enclosure that protects a radar antenna.

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RDS-1

The RDS-1 (РДС-1), also known as Izdeliye 501 (device 501) and First Lightning, was the nuclear bomb used in the Soviet Union's first nuclear weapon test.

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RDS-3

RDS-3 was the third atomic bomb developed by the Soviet Union in 1951, after the RDS-1 and RDS-2.

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RDS-5

The RDS-5 (РДС-5) was a plutonium based Soviet atomic bomb, probably using a hollow core.

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Reverse engineering

Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accomplishes a task with very little (if any) insight into exactly how it does so.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Sheet metal is metal formed into thin, flat pieces, usually by an industrial process.

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Shvetsov ASh-73

The Shvetsov ASh-73 was an 18-cylinder, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine produced between 1947 and 1957 in the Soviet Union.

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Signals intelligence

Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is the act and field of intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT).

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Soviet Air Forces

The Soviet Air Forces (r, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II.

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Soviet air show

In the life of Soviet Union, air shows were a highly regarded type of parade, almost always of military nature.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact

The, also known as the, was a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan signed on April 13, 1941, two years after the conclusion of the Soviet-Japanese Border War.

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Standoff missile

Standoff weapons are missiles or bombs which may be launched from a distance sufficient to allow attacking personnel to evade the effect of the weapon or defensive fire from the target area.

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Strategic bomber

A strategic bomber is a medium- to long-range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target for the purposes of debilitating the enemy's capacity to wage war.

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Target drone

A target drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle, generally remote controlled, usually used in the training of anti-aircraft crews.

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Tupolev

Tupolev (ˈtupəlʲɪf), officially Public Joint Stock Company Tupolev, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow.

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Tupolev Tu-16

The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. Tupolev Tu-4 and Tupolev Tu-16 are mid-wing aircraft and Tupolev aircraft.

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Tupolev Tu-70

The Tupolev Tu-70 (Туполев Ту-70; NATO reporting name: Cart) was a Soviet passenger variant of the Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Tupolev Tu-4 and Tupolev Tu-70 are Boeing B-29 Superfortress, four-engined piston aircraft, four-engined tractor aircraft, Soviet Union–United States relations and Tupolev aircraft.

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Tupolev Tu-75

The Tupolev Tu-75 (Туполев Ту-75) was a military transport variant of the Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Tupolev Tu-4 and Tupolev Tu-75 are Boeing B-29 Superfortress, four-engined piston aircraft, four-engined tractor aircraft and Tupolev aircraft.

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Tupolev Tu-80

The Tupolev Tu-80 (Туполев Ту-80) was a Soviet prototype for a longer-ranged version of the Tupolev Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Tupolev Tu-4 and Tupolev Tu-80 are 1940s Soviet bomber aircraft, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, four-engined piston aircraft, four-engined tractor aircraft, mid-wing aircraft, Soviet Union–United States relations and Tupolev aircraft.

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Tupolev Tu-85

The Tupolev Tu-85 (Туполев Ту-85; USAF/DoD reporting name: "Type 31", NATO reporting name: Barge) was a Soviet prototype strategic bomber based on the Tu-4, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Tupolev Tu-4 and Tupolev Tu-85 are Boeing B-29 Superfortress, four-engined piston aircraft, four-engined tractor aircraft, mid-wing aircraft and Tupolev aircraft.

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Tupolev Tu-95

The Tupolev Tu-95 (Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. Tupolev Tu-4 and Tupolev Tu-95 are four-engined tractor aircraft and Tupolev aircraft.

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Turboprop

A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States customary units

United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized and adopted in 1832.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wright R-1820 Cyclone

The Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright, widely used on aircraft in the 1930s through 1950s.

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Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone

The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is an American twin-row, supercharged, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine with 18 cylinders displacing nearly.

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Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference (Yaltinskaya konferentsiya), held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.

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See also

1940s Soviet bomber aircraft

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4

Also known as Tu-4, Tu-4 Bull, Tupolev 94.

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