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Role | Strategic bomber |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Tupolev |
First flight | 19 May 1947 |
Introduction | 1949 |
Retired | 1988 (China) |
Primary users | Soviet Air Force PLA Air Force |
Produced | 1949–1952 |
Number built | 847 |
Developed from | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
Variants | Tupolev Tu-70 Tupolev Tu-75 |
Developed into | Tupolev Tu-80 Tupolev Tu-85 |
The Tupolev Tu-4 (Russian: 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. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress, having been reverse-engineered from seized aircraft that had made emergency landings in the USSR.