When one thinks of the Soviet Union’s early Cold War-era heavy bombers, especially ones with the alphanumeric designation ...
The Soviet Union had its own military aircraft with an alcohol-related nickname: the Tupolev Tu-22, which was given the NATO ...
The United Kingdom’s ambitious Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) is entering a pivotal phase as its Flight Test Aircraft (FTA) ...
The Tu-160 Blackjack is recognized as the largest and heaviest combat aircraft ever built. With a top speed of 1,243 mph, the ...
On Nov. 20, a Russian Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile, which had just been introduced into service, was launched toward Syria probably from a Tupolev Tu-160 or Tu-95 strategic bomber. This was ...
The power grid was targeted just as cold weather begins to bite, a tactic that Ukrainian officials and Western analysts say ...
Ukraine said it had detected 188 incoming “attack targets,” including 57 cruise missiles fired from Tupolev Tu-95 bombers, 28 Kalibr cruise missiles fired from ships in the Black Sea ...
The Tu-160 is also known by its NATO moniker Blackjack. The aircraft is part of Russia's heavy bomber fleet, able to carry nuclear weapons. A Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bomber flies at the ...
Kyiv transferred to Moscow eight Tu-160 and three Tu-95MS heavy bombers, as well as 575 Kh-55 cruise missiles, with Russia writing off $275 million in gas debt, 10% of the assets' real value. The ...
The Russian military uses Ukrainian Tu-160 strategic bombers. Kyiv transferred them to Moscow in 1999 in exchange for ...
including Tu-160 bombers renamed in Russia as Nikolai Kuznetsov (formerly with the Ukrainian tail number 10), Vasily Senko (11), Aleksandr Novikov (12), Vladimir Sudets (15), Aleksei Plokhov (16), ...