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Saturday, January 12, 2008

New serial Tu-160 Blackjack bomber undergoes flight test


Tu-160 Blackjack (White Swan)

A new serial strategic Tu-160 Blackjack bomber has undergone a flight test at an aviation production association in Kazan on the Volga, a deputy director of the Tupolev aircraft maker said Thursday.

"The first flight of a regular [new] serial plane Tu-160 took place December 28, 2007 at the Gorbunov Kazan aviation production association," Alexander Zatochny said.

He said after all the flight tests had been completed, the aircraft would be adopted by the Air Force.

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