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Russian Tu-95MS Bombers Set Flight Duration Record
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Russian Tu-95MS Bombers Set Flight Duration Record

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Perusing the usual pull from a variety of sources, happened across this item: Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear-H strategic bombers have carried out a record-breaking 40-hour patrol over three oceans, an Air Force spokesman said on Thursday, RIA Novosti reported. “The Tu-95MS bombers carried out patrols over the Arctic, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and…