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    Fully Modernised TU-160M Missile Carrier Bomber Takes to the Sky
    Garth Calitz
    • Feb 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Fully Modernised TU-160M Missile Carrier Bomber Takes to the Sky

    On 2 February 2020 the maiden flight of the first prototype of fully modernised TU-160M missile carrier bomber, which is based on the combatant Tu-160, took place at the airfield of KAZ named after S.P. Gorbunov – Tupolev PJSC affiliate. The aircraft was piloted by the crew under command of Anri Naskidyants, a test pilot of Zhukovskiy Flight Test and Development Centre. The flight altitude was only 5000ft for a duration of was 34 minutes. During the flight, necessary tests of
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    Tupolev TU-160 – “White Swans” Visit South Africa
    Andre Venter and Trevor Cohen
    • Oct 30, 2019
    • 8 min

    Tupolev TU-160 – “White Swans” Visit South Africa

    South African aviation enthusiasts were treated a very rare sighting last week, two Russian Tupolev TU-160 “Blackjack” strategic nuclear bombers visited AFB Waterkloof and OR Tambo international airport. These massive machines, that hail from the height of the “Cold War”, were accompanied by an Antonov AN 124 and an Ilyushin Il-62. The friendly visit to South Africa as part of strengthening ties between the two nations had many people wondering if there was a more sinister m
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