Tupolev Tu-160 Supersonic Variable-Sweep Aircraft Family
The Tupolev Tu-160 is a large supersonic variable-sweep aircraft family designed by the Tupolev bureau for long-range strategic aviation. Its blended slender fuselage, swing wing, and high-speed flight regime made it a defining late-Soviet heavy-aircraft design; the family continued through modernized Tu-160M configurations while retaining the core airframe lineage.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Tu-160BlackjackWhite SwanTu-160MTu-160M2Aircraft 70
- Family Name
- Tupolev Tu-160
- Full Name
- Tupolev Tu-160 Supersonic Variable-Sweep Aircraft Family
- Roles
- militaryexperimental
- Status
- active
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Tupolev Tu-160 is a large supersonic variable-sweep aircraft family designed by the Tupolev bureau for long-range strategic aviation. Its blended slender fuselage, swing wing, and high-speed flight regime made it a defining late-Soviet heavy-aircraft design; the family continued through modernized Tu-160M configurations while retaining the core airframe lineage.
- First Flight Year
- 1,981
- Manufacturer
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 11:58:39 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 11:58:39 UTC