Tu-95s were accompanied by Il-78 tankers - refuelled off Norway, apparently.
A picture from a similar event last November.
There's also talk that they were accompanied for the early stages by MiG 31s.
Thinking a bit more* about this, it would be great to do a "small/far away" video with the real house and the model house....
*..probably more than I should..
..with the Adams Radial..
..it'll probably be a while before we actually see a model - but, would it be of interest to us? It has an air of familiarity, but I don't really know my steam stuff very well....