status in the Soviet military. Operators Russian Aerospace Forces Russian Air Force – 55 Tu-95MS are in service . 6950th Guards Air Base – Engels-2 (air base), Saratov Oblast 184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment 6952nd Air Base – Ukrainka (air base), Amur Oblast 182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment 43rd Center for Combat Application and Training of Aircrew for Long Range Aviation – Dyagilevo (air base), Ryazan Oblast 2nd Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment Former operators Soviet Air Forces – aircraft were transferred to Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 106th Heavy Bomber Air Division – the first Tu-95s division formed in 1956. The division commander was twice-Hero of the Soviet Union A. G. Molodchi. 1006th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Uzyn Air Base, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 409th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Uzyn Air Base, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 182nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Mozdok, Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division – Dolon (air base), Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakh SSR 1223rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment 1226th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division – Ukrainka (air base), Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR 40th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – united with the 182nd TBAP in 1998 at the Ukrainka Air Base 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment Soviet Naval Aviation 392nd Separate Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment – Kipelovo, Vologda Oblast, Russian SFSR 304th Separate Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment – Khorol Airfield, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR 169th Independent Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment – Cam Ranh Base, Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam Ukrainian Air Force – inherited 23–29 Tu-95MS aircraft after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and subsequently handed 3 Tu-95MS and 581 Kh-55 cruise missiles to Russia as exchange for gas debt relief in 2000; the remainder were scrapped under the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction agreement led by the US. 106th Heavy Bomber Air Division – Uzyn Air Base, Kyiv Oblast 1006th Heavy Bomber Regiment Mykolaiv Aircraft Repair Plant – 2 Tu-95MS converted to ecological reconnaissance aircraft in storage, before they were sold for scrapping in 2013. Bila Tserkva Aircraft Repair Plant – 5 Russian Tu-95s scrapped at the plant, after an agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Russia. 1 Tu-95MS in the Museum of Long Range Aviation in Poltava and 1 Tu-95 in Mykolaiv Oblast. Specifications (Tu-95MS) See also References