On April 27, 1952, the Soviet Union's formidable Tupolev Tu-16 Badger made its first flight, ushering in a new era of ...

In 1925, Soviet aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev created a twin-engine bomber, the TB-1, which was considered one of the most advanced designs of the time. The aircraft made its first test ...

The Tupolev-16 is a multimode supersonic strategic missile-carrying plane with a variable sweep wing. The decision to resume the production of the upgraded version of Tupolev-160 - Tupolev-160M ...

The nature of the upgrade to the Tu-160M has not been detailed, but the type is once again making its presence felt in the ongoing Russia-U.S. standoff.

The two nuclear-capable aircraft were en route to South Africa as part of an effort to deepen military ties between the Russian and South African air forces.

The Tupolev Tu-22M3 only saw limited use at the end of the Soviet-Afghan War. Still, it was used in nearly 100 operational sorties against rebels in Chechnya in the mid-1990s and Georgian forces ...