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 ...

A pair of Tupolev Tu-160 bombers (NATO codename Blackjack) made the type's first-ever transatlantic flight, and first-ever landing outside the former Soviet Union's territory, with a 13-hour non-stop ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: The Russian Tu-160 “Blackjack” strategic bomber, a symbol of Russia’s military might, recently made headlines when President Vladimir Putin took a short flight in ...

Russia has tested a thermobaric bomb said to be the most powerful of its kind in the world. ORT First Channel television showed a Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber dropping its payload over a testing ...

On Wednesday, January 12th, the first newly-built Tu-160M Blackjack strategic bomber took off to the skies. Russia's largest and most powerful supersonic aircraft flew from the Kazan Aviation Plant ...

The Russian air force will receive two upgraded Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack bombers this year, according to Lt. Gen. Igor Khvorov, head of strategic aviation. At least one of the Tu-160s was due for ...

The upgraded Tu-160M has inherited the look and shape of its predecessor, but boasts a completely new technological base and digital solutions MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Resuming the production of ...