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  • Russian PAK-DA bomber in doubt, says minister

    14:55 06 June 2012Bombers Light aircraft Procurement Navigation

    Moscow's PAK-DA long-range bomber intended to replace the Tupolev Tu-160 and Tu-95 could be at risk ...


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  • Tupolev Tu-160 pair make first transatlantic flight

    15:00 15 September 2008

    A pair of Tupolev Tu-160 bombers (NATO codename Blackjack) made the type's first-ever transatlantic flight, and...


  • Russians claim bomber flights over US territory went undetected

    14:44 24 April 2006

    <P><BR>The Russian air force proved the capabilities of its upgraded&nbsp;Tupolev Tu-160 bombers earlier this year,...


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  • PICTURES: Russia celebrates air force centenary

    News | 16 Aug 2012 15:56 | Vladimir Karnozov

    More than 110 aircraft took part in three-day celebrations of the Russian air force's 100 anniversary at the Ramenskoye aerodrome in Zhukovsky near Moscow...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURES-Russia-celebrates-air-force-centenary-375577/

  • Russian PAK-DA bomber in doubt, says minister

    News | 06 Jun 2012 14:55 | Howard Gethin

    Moscow's PAK-DA long-range bomber intended to replace the Tupolev Tu-160 and Tu-95 could be at risk ...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Russian-PAK-DA-bomber-in-doubt-says-minister-372687/

  • PARIS: Russia's air force gets real

    News | 18 Jun 2011 09:00 | Alan Dron

    Senior officers in Russia's air force can see glimmers of light after the gloom of the 1990s and early 2000s. The question is whether these glimmers are yet another false dawn.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PARIS-Russias-air-force-gets-real-357486/

  • PARIS AIR SHOW: 100 years of Paris air show highlights

    News | 05 Jun 2009 06:00 | Günter Endres

    100 years of Paris air show highlightshttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PARIS-AIR-SHOW-100-years-of-Paris-air-show-highlights-327190/

  • Tupolev Tu-160 pair make first transatlantic flight

    News | 15 Sep 2008 15:00 | Vladimir Karnozov

    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...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Tupolev-Tu-160-pair-make-first-transatlantic-flight-315926/

  • VIDEO: Tupolev TU-160 Blackjack deploys world's most powerful fuel-air bomb

    News | 12 Sep 2007 15:04 | Michael Targett

    <P>Russia has tested a thermobaric bomb said to be the most powerful of its kind in the world.</P> <P>ORT First Channel television showed a <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-160">Tupolev Tu-160</A> strategic bomber dropping its payload over a testing ground causing widespread damage to surrounding buildings.</P> <P>Colonel General Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief of the Russian military's general staff said of the weapon: "The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability."</P><EMBED name=index pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer src=http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf width=450 height=370 type=application/x-shockwave-flash scale="showall" flashvars="autostart=false&token=a08_1189576592"></EMBED> <P>Last month saw President Vladimir Putin reinstate regular patrol flights of strategic bombers, suspended since the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union.</P> <P> <HR> <P></P> <P><A href="hthttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/VIDEO-Tupolev-TU-160-Blackjack-deploys-worlds-most-powerful-fuel-air-bomb-216744/

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  • USAF's LRS-B bomber proceeds, but is completely classified

    Blog | 21 Aug 2012 22:53 | Dave Majumdar

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2012/08/usafs-lrs-b-bomber-proceeds-bu.html

  • Sizing up the 'Tartan Army'

    Blog | 06 Mar 2012 11:06 | Craig Hoyle

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2012/03/sizing-up-the-tartan-army.html

  • If you want to invade Iceland, now's your moment - but watch out for the Blackjacks

    Blog | 05 Oct 2006 14:49 | Kieran Daly

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flight-international/2006/10/if-you-want-to-invade-iceland.html

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