Strategic Bombers Set Record With 23-Hour Flight
June 10 2010
A pair of Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers have completed a record-breaking 23-hour, 11,000-mile flight, RIA Novosti reports.
"This mission was the second maximum range flight ever conducted by this type of aircraft. A Tu-160 carried out a similar mission last year and stayed in the air for 21 hours," an air force spokesman said.
The bombers flew along the Russian border and over international waters in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, said the spokesman.
Along the...
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