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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.
A Tu-160 with Soviet officers in front, September 1989. In April 1987, the Tu-160 entered operational service with the 184th Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment located at Pryluky, Ukrainian SSR. [57] The regiment, previously operating Tu-16 and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, was the first unit to receive
The H-6 is derived from the Tupolev Tu-16 bomber, which the Soviet Union introduced into service in the early 1950s and was given the NATO code name Badger. China began building these aircraft ...
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 of the Tu-96; Tu-100: proposed parasite fighter, 1953
Russian President Vladimir Putin flew on a modernised Tu-160M nuclear-capable strategic bomber on Thursday, in a move likely to be seen in the West as a pointed reminder of Moscow's nuclear ...
To keep themselves in the bomber field, OKB-156 designed their own entry for a jet-powered bomber, the twin-engined Tupolev Tu-16 medium bomber. [2] They were aware that the range of the design would not be enough to fill the intercontinental role of the M-4, and for this mission, they also proposed the four-turboprop Tupolev Tu-95. Ultimately ...
“The TU-160 White Swan, also known by the NATO reporting name ‘Blackjack,’ is reportedly the most advanced strategic bomber in the Russian inventory and has been also used in a tactical ...