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"Aircraft 97" – Twin-engined long-range bomber development project of Tu-16 with two RD-5 engines. "Aircraft 103" – Supersonic bomber development project of Tu-16 with four VD-7 AM-13 engines. Badger A (Tu-16) – This is the basic configuration of the Tu-16 bomber deployed in 1954 to replace the Tu-4. Several modified models of this ...
The H-6 is a license-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and remains the primary bomber aircraft of the People's Republic of China. Delivery of the Tu-16 to China began in 1958, and a license production agreement with the Soviets was signed in the late 1950s. By November 2020, the PLAAF had as many as 231, and continued to build the aircraft.
Tu-95LAL: prototype nuclear-powered aircraft based on the Tu-95M, 1961; Tu-96: prototype long-range intercontinental high-altitude strategic bomber variant of the Tu-95, 1956; Tu-97: long-range bomber project developed from the Tu-16; Tu-98 "Backfin" (also known as Tu-24): prototype swept-wing jet bomber, 1956; Tu-99: prototype turbojet version ...
The Tupolev Tu-160 (Russian: Туполев Ту-160 «Белый лебедь», romanized: Bely Lebed, lit. 'White Swan'; [1] NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing nuclear-capable heavy strategic bomber and airborne missile platform designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
Last flight of the Tu-22 in 1997. In 1997-1998 Tu-22 relocated to Nizhyn Air Base where all planes were cut by 2001. 260th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment Stryi Air Base: 18 Tu-22M3, 23 Tu-16K: In 1993, the regiment was disbanded, Tu-22M3 relocated to Pryluky Air Base, and Tu-16 withdrawn from service.
On July 24, American and Canadian fighter jets scrambled to intercept a joint patrol of two Chinese H-6 and two Russian Tu-95 bombers near Alaska, according to a statement from the North American ...
Under a contract signed in 2018, 10 of the modernised Tu-160M nuclear bombers are meant to be delivered to the Russian Air Force up to 2027 at a cost of 15 billion roubles ($163 million) each.
“He described the aircraft type as ‘an attack jet’ and said it ‘was called White Swan-TU160, the largest military aircraft.’” ... A Russian Tupolev Tu-160 jet bomber in flight.