Russia’s latest 11-hour Tu-160 “White Swan” patrol over the Arctic underscores how a bomber designed in the late Cold War ...

One of Russia’s most iconic bombers, the Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan is slated to receive a major redesign. A source in Russia’s domestic aircraft-building industry told state news outlet TASS on Monday ...

The Tu-160 “White Swan” has always been a symbol of brute speed and payload, but its latest incarnation is defined by two blunt words that capture both Moscow’s ambition and NATO’s concern: massive ...

…an ordinary day for the British Typhoons in QRA (even though the photos show two French interceptors). Social media went abuzz yesterday as two nuclear-capable Russian Air Force Tu-160 Blackjack ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The M-model Tu-160 features new engines and avionics and a metallic canopy treatment that reduces the type’s radar-reflectivity. But the Tu-160 isn’t stealthy, even ...

Two Tu-160s met the British QRA yesterday. On Sept. 10, RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon aircraft were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland (along with a supporting Voyager tanker from RAF ...

If there’s one thing that’s impressive about the Russian Air Force, it’s that most of its aircraft have a long, rich history behind them. Even though the initial warbirds ended their service within ...

The United State's current long-range strategic bomber inventory consists of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, and the Northrup Grumman B-2 Spirit. Unlike the Soviet-era Tupolev ...

The Russian defense ministry has confirmed that it will restart the production line for the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-160 “Blackjack” supersonic strategic bomber. In a series of tweets on 29 April, the ...

United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has handed over the first Tupolev Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’ strategic bomber to be fitted with new engines, Rostec announced on 10 March. The first Tu-160 bomber fitted with ...

A Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bomber flies over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2015. (RIA Novosti/AFP via Getty Images) MOSCOW — Eleven years ago, ...

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