Today at 03:12 UTC, there were 37 Tu-95MS, 9 Tu-160M, 3 Il-78M, 1 Il-76MD, 1 Tu-134, and 1 An-148 at Ukrainka Air Base. One Tu-160M from Engels-2 Air Base was redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base. An Il-76MD, a Tu-134, and an An-148 have arrived at Ukrainka Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of July 19, 08:29 UTC The air base housed 1 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 2 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 4 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), and 5 Su-34 (Fullback). Four Tu-22M3 from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base and landed at 06:55 UTC.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of July 19, 05:10 UTC On the night of July 16, the Security Service of Ukraine destroyed a Tu-95MS strategic bomber at Engels-2 Air Base. Two Tu-95MS were at Engels Air Base for a long period of time and conducted rotations, maintenance, and training.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of July 16, 03:04 UTC The air base housed 37 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 2 Il-78M (Midas). Yesterday, two Il-76MD from Dyagilevo Air Base arrived at Ukrainka Air Base.

Today, four Tu-22M3 from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base for a combat mission over the Black Sea. The four Tu-22M3 from Engels-2 Air Base took off at 15:00 UTC, then split into two groups and later regrouped.

Today, one Tu-95MS was redeployed from Olenya Air Base to Engels-2 Air Base. On July 10, one Tu-95MS from Olenya Air Base was redeployed to Dyagilevo Air Base and returned on July 11.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant and Dzyomgi Airport as of July 2, 02:16 UTC In May 2026, construction of four aircraft hangars began in the southwestern part of the airport.

Today, after a combat mission, one of two Tu-160M landed at Engels-2 Air Base, and the other returned to Ukrainka Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Olenya Air Base as of July 5, 10:03 UTC The air base housed housed 6 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 30 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 1 Il-78M (Midas). and 2 An-12 (Cub). At night, three Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Olenya Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base as of July 1, 07:18 UTC The air base housed 3 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 1 Il-78M (Midas), and 1 An-12 (Cub). Between June 24 and 25, three Tu-22M3 from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base.

Today there were at least 6 Tu-95MS at Olenya Air Base, 28 Tu-95MS and 7 Tu-160M at Ukrainka Air Base, and 2 Tu-95MS and 1 Tu-160M at Engels-2 Air Base. Four Tu-95MS from Olenya Air Base are now being redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base after a combat mission.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of July 1, 02:27 UTC The air base housed 28 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 10 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 1 Il-78M (Midas). Today, eight Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Olenya Air Base and Engels-2 Air Base.

Yesterday, three Tu-142MZ from Vladivostok Airport were redeployed to Kamenny Ruchey Naval Air Base.

Yesterday, June 27, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted their 11th joint exercise over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Severomorsk-3 Naval Air Base as of June 26, 06:56 UTC At the end of 2025, a full reconstruction of the 2,500-meter runway began, which had been scheduled for 2021.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Petrozavodsk Airport as of June 25, 13:15 UTC In June 2026, construction of three aircraft hangars began in the northeastern part of Petrozavodsk Airport. In April 2026, construction of six hardened aircraft shelters began in the southwestern part of the airport.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Vladivostok Airport as of June 26, 02:40 UTC The air base housed 1 A-50U (Mainstay), 3 Tu-142M3 (Bear-F), and 2 Il-76MD (Candid). On June 23 and 24, three Tu-142M3 from Kamenny Ruchey Naval Air Base were redeployed to Vladivostok Airport.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of June 24, 03:03 UTC The air base housed 37 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 10 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 3 Il-78M (Midas), and 1 Tu-134UBL (Crusty-B). For the first time, Russia concentrated ten Tu-160M at Ukrainka Air Base.

Today’s high-resolution satellite imagery of the Tu-22M3 crash site on June 15.

Today, there are 37 Tu-95MS and 9 Tu-160M at Ukrainka Air Base. Between June 13 and 18, one Tu-160M from Yelizovo Airport was redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base.

Yesterday, two Tu-160M from Engels-2 Air Base were redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base. Yesterday and today, five Tu-95MS from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base.

🔻Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of June 20, 08:31 UTC and Olenya Air Base as of June 20, 09:26 UTC The Engels-2 Air Base housed 3 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 3 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 1 Il-76MD or Il-78M (Candid or Midas), and 4 Su-34 (Fullback).

Between June 16 and 17, an A-50U from Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base was redeployed to Olenya Air Base for joint training exercises. Between June 16 and 17, another A-50U arrived at Perm Bolshoye Savino Airport, where an A-50U was last present in May 2026.

The crash site of a Tu-22M3 that was conducting a training flight in Irkutsk Oblast yesterday, on today’s satellite imagery. The incident marks the third non-combat loss of a Tu-22M3 in three years.

Tonight, there were 32 Tu-95MS and 7 Tu-160M at Ukrainka Air Base. One Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base was redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base. Two Tu-160M from Ukrainka Air Base conducted a combat mission and turned back to the east.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇩🇿 Laghouat Moulay Ahmed Medeghri Airport as of March 24, 07:59 UTC The airport housed 4 Su-34ME (Fullback), 12 Su-24MR (Fencer-E), 1 Beechcraft King Air, and 1 Orion-E/Wing Loong 2.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Akhtubinsk Air Base as of June 10, 12:16 UTC On June 10, Russia conducted another test of the S-70 Okhotnik UCAV in conjunction with a Su-57 from Akhtubinsk Air Base.

Today, one Tu-95MS from Olenya Air Base conducted a training flight over the Barents Sea and returned. At 10:00 UTC, there are 5 Tu-95MS and two Il-78M at Olenya Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of June 12, 02:30 UTC The air base housed 33 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 9 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 4 Il-78M (Midas). Yesterday, one Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base was redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base and later returned.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of June 11, 07:55 UTC The air base housed 3 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 1 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 2 Il-76MD or Il-78M (Candid or Midas), 1 An-26 (Curl), and 1 Su-34 (Fullback).

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Russian strategic and airborne early warning aviation deployment as of June 9. The data is based on the latest available satellite imagery.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Olenya Air Base as of June 8, 13:22 UTC The air base housed 5 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 32 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 4 Il-78M (Midas), 1 Tu-134UBL (Crusty), 2 An-12 (Cub), and 3 MiG-31K (Foxhound).

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of June 9, 02:59 UTC The air base housed 33 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 2 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), and 2 Il-78M (Midas). Yesterday, two Tu-22M3 from Belaya Air Base were redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base for the first time in a long time.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of June 8, 02:26 UTC The air base housed 33 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 1 Il-78M (Midas). Yesterday, two Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base and later to Olenya Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of June 7, 08:31 UTC The air base housed 4 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 1 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 2 Su-34 (Fullback) Today, two Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base and later to Olenya Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Olenya Air Base as of June 5, 09:30 UTC The air base housed 4 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), ~33 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 2 Il-78M (Midas), and 2 An-12 (Cub). Today during the day, two Tu-95MS from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base.

Between 1 and 2 June 2026, an A-50U arrived at Chelyabinsk Airport. Two A-50U had previously been there in March 2026. Russia is concentrating its operational A-50U at civilian airports in the Central Military District, often changing locations.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Bezymyanka Airfield as of June 3, 07:46 UTC The airfield housed 1 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 3 Tu-154M (Careless), 1 An-72/74 (Coaler). Yesterday, one Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base was redeployed to Bezymyanka Airfield for modernization or maintenance.

On May 31, Russian media reported the delivery of a newly modernized A-50U, but in fact, it was a previously modernized A-50U that had been repaired and returned to service. On May 30, the A-50U (RF-92957, Red 47) conducted a ground communications check after completing a major overhaul.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Begishevo Airport as of June 1, 04:28 UTC and Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base as of May 29, 03:45 UTC Begishevo Airport housed 1 A-50U (Mainstay) and 2 Il-76MD (Candid). Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base housed 1 A-50U (Mainstay) and 1 Tu-134UBL (Crusty).

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Taganrog Yuzhny Airport as of June 1, 12:23 UTC The airport housed 2 decommissioned Tu-142MR (Bear-J) and 2 destroyed Tu-142MK/MR. On May 30, the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed one Tu-142MK (Black 71) and one Tu-142MR.

Today, three Tu-160M returned to Ukrainka Air Base, and three Tu-95MS returned to Olenya Air Base after a combat mission. On May 30, another Tu-95MS was redeployed from Olenya Air Base to Ukrainka Air Base. On May 31, there were 33 Tu-95MS at Ukrainka Air Base.

Today marks the anniversary of Operation Spiderweb, the largest Ukrainian strike against Russian strategic aviation. In this thread, we analyzed the activity of strategic aviation at the attacked air bases before and after the strike.

This morning, there were three Tu-95MS and one Tu-160M at Engels-2 Air Base. Yesterday, two Tu-95MS from Engels-2 Air Base were redeployed to Olenya Air Base. There are now four Tu-95MS there. Another Tu-95MS departed from Engels-2 Air Base but returned and landed at 19:50 UTC.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of May 30, 08:00 UTC The air base housed 5 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 1 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 5 Su-34 (Fullback). This morning, two Tu-95MS from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base.

Today at 05:42 UTC, there were 2 Tu-95MS and 1 Il-78M at Olenya Air Base. This morning, two Tu-95MS from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base.

Today at 08:00 UTC, there were 5 Tu-95MS and 1 Tu-160M at Engels-2 Air Base. Today, three Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base and landed at 06:20 for loading cruise missiles.

Two Tu-160M from Engels-2 Air Base are being redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base after departing at 16:50 and 17:00 UTC.

Today at 03:09 UTC, there were 37 Tu-95MS, 6 Tu-160M, and 2 Il-78M at Ukrainka Air Base. In the morning, two Tu-160M from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base.