Tu-160 - Black Jack or the White Swan?

Tu-160 (NATO: Blackjack) - Russia, earlier - Soviet supersonic strategic bomber-rocket carrier with a variable sweep wing. Developed in Tupolev in 1980, in service since 1987. As a part of the Russian Air Force currently has 16 Tu-160.

Is the largest in the history of military aviation aircraft and supersonic aircraft with variable geometry wings, the most powerful and heaviest combat aircraft in the world, has the largest among bombers maximum take-off weight and combat stress. Among the pilots he was given the nickname "White Swan».
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