Russia’s latest 11-hour Tu-160 “White Swan” patrol over the Arctic underscores how a bomber designed in the late Cold War still anchors Moscow’s power projection. -Born as a high-speed nuclear ...

Russia’s Tupolev Tu-160 “White Swan” (NATO reporting name “Blackjack”) was the last strategic bomber designed for the Soviet Union. The legacy airframe, which first entered service in 1987, remains ...

This iconic warbird does not have the same kind of advanced stealth features as the American B-2 Spirit long-range nuclear stealth bomber. Its antithesis is likely the B-1B Lancer that, like the ...

Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Tu-160 “White Swan” is a Cold War giant reborn: a Mach-2, variable-sweep-wing bomber built to sling long-range cruise missiles from sanctuary. -After post-Soviet ...

The great Tu-160 missile carrier bomber, officially known as Blackjack (its NATO codification) and unofficially called the White Swan, has set numerous records throughout its extensive career, for ...

Russia's state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation announced on Monday the successful debut flight of an upgraded nuclear-capable Tu-160M strategic bomber, as Moscow continues to use long-range ...

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Another Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber took to the skies for the first time after its upgrade, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported on ...

MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/. A completely new Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber nicknamed the ‘White Swan’ by Russian military pilots will make its debut run along the runway of the ...

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 ...

Two Tu-160 Blackjack bombers landed at AFB Waterkloof earlier today. It’s the “White Swan” first visit to the African continent. On Oct. 23, 2019, two Russian Air Force Tu-160s bombers arrived in ...

The three chutes deploy from the tail of the “White Swan” to reduce the landing roll. Many aircraft still use such braking system. The Russian Ministry of Defense has recently shared the above shot.