According to a new analysis, the Russian Aerospace Forces currently operate 18 Tu-160 strategic bombers, but only seven are being used for combat missions in Ukraine. Russia’s most powerful strategic ...

The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber is affectionately known to its homegrown aircrews as “Bely Lebed,” which translates to “White Swan,” whilst the NATO reporting name is “Blackjack”.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two advanced NATO fighter jets shadowed Russian bombers capable of carrying long-range nuclear weapons during what Moscow called a ...

Russian Tu-95MS Bear bombers conducted a rare flight with Kh-101 cruise missiles over the Barents and Norwegian Seas, accompanied by an Il-78M tanker and at least one Su-30SM2 fighter. For the second ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's Defence Ministry said the Tu-22M3 crashed while making an approach to land in the Irkutsk Region during what it described ...

The eleventh Joint Strategic Patrol announced by Russia and China saw Tu-95s, Tu-142s and H-6s escorted by Su-30SMs, Su-35s and J-16s in a six hour flight over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea.

Norwegian F-35 fighter jets escorted Russian Tu-160 nuclear-capable bombers during a long-range training flight over the Barents and Norwegian Seas on Monday, June 22. The Russian aircraft flew ...

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Russia and China conducted joint bomber patrol flights on Saturday for the first time this year, prompting Japan and South Korea to scramble fighter aircraft. Two Chinese H-6 bombers flew from the ...

The sortie included J-16 fighters escorting H-6K and Tu-95 strategic bombers. Russia and China have conducted a large joint air patrol over the East China Sea, including fighters, strategic bombers, ...