M3 "Backfire," a supersonic, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber, has been a key platform for launching cruise missiles ...

Russia’s Tu-160 “Blackjack,” a supersonic, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber, is a critical but scarce asset in its ...

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Russia has three main strategic bombers—all of which suffered losses from Ukraine’s daring “Operation Spiderweb” attack on ...

Even bigger news was Convair’s new B58 Hustler bomber, a plane eight years in development as the nation’s first truly supersonic long-range bomber. At Fort Worth, a cameraman for the Star ...

Just as the Super Mystère went into service, Dassault was already working on another supersonic bomber, the delta-wing Mirage IV. This aircraft is propelled by a pair of SNECMA Atar turbojet ...

The Rockwell B-1 is a supersonic variable-sweep wing heavy bomber serving in the fleet of the United States Air Force along with its subsonic stablemates, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and the ...

One such example is the XB-70 Valkyrie nuclear strike bomber. As reported by Mustard ... Parts of the shockwave then bounced off the wing and back up against the body of the plane, providing ...

The Tu-22M is a Cold War-era, swing-wing supersonic bomber, codenamed "Backfire" by Nato, which has been used extensively in attacks on Ukrainian cities. Modern versions such as the Tu-22M3 can ...

Consolidated Vultee, whose giant B60 lost out to Boeing’s 6B-52 as the Air Forces’ intercontinental bomber of the future ... in the U.S. for a delta-wing jet fighter, the F-102.

There are already concepts like zero-emission electric aircraft, supersonic ... his famous "Flying Wing" aircraft in the 1940s, laying the framework for the eventual B-2 bomber.

The Tu-160 models are often compared to the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit heavy strategic bomber or the B-1 Lancer, a supersonic variable sweep-wing heavy bomber. The Tu-160 can fly faster than Mach ...