The bomber has an in-flight refuelling system. In the inoperative position, the refuelling probe is retracted into the nose of the fuselage in front of the pilot’s cabin. The aircraft fuel capacity is 160,000kg. Tu-160 can climb at a rate of 70m per second. The maximum and cruise sp...
In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a new multi-mission bomber competition to create a new supersonic, variable-geometry ("swing-wing") heavy bomber with a maximum speed of Mach 2.3, in response to the US Air Force B-1 bomber project. The Tupolev design, dubbed Aircraft 160M, with a le...
Currently, the VKS operates a fleet of 17 Tu-160s with the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment at Engels-2 airbase near Saratov. The “Blackjack” first entered service in 1987 with the 184th Regiment in Ukraine, where 19 aircraft were stationed, and which were claimed by Ukraine on the...
The Tupolev Tu-160 (Russian: ??? ??-160 ??? ???, translit. Belyy Lebed, lit. 'White Swan';[3] NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Entering service in 1987, the Tu...
Tu-160 Upgrade 来自 国家科技图书文献中心 喜欢 0 阅读量: 3 摘要: Rostec has handed over the first re-engined Tupolev Tu-160M bomber to the Russian Air Force after completing contractor flight testing, the company said March 10. The delivery begins a series of government tests on the super...
FlightAware 航空照片: Tupolev Tu-160 (四发), Flypast by Russian Air Forces on Victory day over Moscow. A Tu-160M (NATO reporting name Blackjack)
UAC says 80% of the bomber's avionics equipment has been replaced, also enhancing commonality with the remanufactured and re-engined Tu-160M; flown for the first time last January from Kazan.AnonymousFlight International
The onboard radio-electronic equipment was unified with the similar systems of the Tu-160M heavy strategic bomber. As a result of this work a significant expansion of the combat potential of the Tu-22M3M aircraft was achieved, the statement said. ...
It was announced that the factory was "working now in three shifts" and continuing construction of the first Tu-160M strategic bomber. A factory representative said that "aggregates are currently being assembled and the airframe is being constructed." The footage showed an almost-complete F-4 ...
Tu-160 Production May Resume 来自 国家科技图书文献中心 喜欢 0 阅读量: 7 作者: DC Isby 摘要: Russia is to conduct a feasibility study into restarting the Soviet-era production line at the Kazan S Gorbunov facility for the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack heavy bomber. The new aircraft would ...