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Russian bomb planes make 25 hours record-long Arctic flight
The Berents Observer ^ | September 19, 2020 | Thomas Nilsen

Posted on 09/20/2020 9:21:23 AM PDT by texas booster

The 20,000 km long flight took place from the Engels air base in southern Russia, via the Barents Sea to the central part of the Arctic Ocean, over the Northern Sea Route towards the Pacific with return over Siberia back to the airport.

World record for this type of aircraft, according to the Defense Ministry.

The two Tu-160 supersonic long-range bombers made three mid-air refueling from six Il-78 tanker planes during the 25 hours flight. After flying north to the Barents Sea and the central Arctic Ocean, the plane flew over the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi Seas as well as the Pacific Ocean in Russia’s Far East.

For parts of the flight, the bombers were followed by Su-35 fighters. The Defense Ministry in Moscow also confirms that foreign aircraft followed the planes for part of the route, but did not specify the origin of the foreign planes.

The previous record with Tu-160 aircraft was set in June 2010, when the duration lasted for 24 hours and 24 minutes.

(Excerpt) Read more at thebarentsobserver.com ...


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To: texas booster

This is an asterisk (*) record if the crew did not participate in racial and gender sensitivity training.


21 posted on 09/20/2020 10:21:49 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: texas booster

The USA was flying bombers around the world in the 1950’s. Nice that they caught up some 70 years later.


22 posted on 09/20/2020 10:21:53 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: ealgeone

Back in the ‘50’s.

Bus stopped 3 houses from my home and right in front of the theater.

Eleven tokens for $1. An hour of cartoons and two movies for 15 cents!


23 posted on 09/20/2020 10:28:59 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator
The flight scenes of the B-36 are so awesome I had to buy the Blu-ray.


The plane that built Fort Worth.

24 posted on 09/20/2020 10:29:53 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: caww

Agreed. However, both the Russians and the U.S. have been doing this stuff since at least the late ‘60s. Over the Pole is the shortest distance between our respective heartlands.


25 posted on 09/20/2020 10:45:26 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Afterguard

I was actually refering to Russia’s investments in the artic , specifically over the past few years. So they’re going to protect that.


26 posted on 09/20/2020 10:52:18 AM PDT by caww (When a person becomes a Christian, 'the assurance of truth becomes reality')
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To: texas booster
Russian bomb...


27 posted on 09/20/2020 11:01:57 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out.


28 posted on 09/20/2020 11:03:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: texas booster

Was it empty? Kinda like steering a fresh grocery cart.


29 posted on 09/20/2020 11:09:29 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: texas booster

Could go longer because they ran out of Vodka


30 posted on 09/20/2020 11:13:08 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: mac_truck

Da!

5.56mm


31 posted on 09/20/2020 11:14:23 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: texas booster

Must have a lot of bugs on the windshield after such a long flight.


32 posted on 09/20/2020 11:18:33 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: minnesota_bound

20,000 km isn’t “around the world” either. More like a little less than halfway around the world.


33 posted on 09/20/2020 11:23:54 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: mac_truck

the only bomb that wants a green card, then detonates your “marriage”


34 posted on 09/20/2020 11:25:44 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: texas booster

See any resemblance? Blackjack is faster and longer range, Lancer carries bigger load, can be refueled and, reportedly has smaller radar reflection and better at low altitude, terrain-following.

35 posted on 09/20/2020 12:34:17 PM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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To: Menehune56

Six turning, four burning.


36 posted on 09/20/2020 12:41:29 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: Menehune56
The flight scenes of the B-36 are so awesome I had to buy the Blu-ray.

Jimmy Stewart & June Allyson - "Strategic Air Command", Baseball Field in those scenes is Al Lang Stadium in downtown Saint Petersburg (FL). The RATO takeoff in the B-47 was from Tampa's MacDill AFB and I'd like to see the discarded footage from that scene for the changes in Tampa over those years. Harry Morgan is great as the Flight Engineer on the B-36 and Frank Lovejoy as General Hawkes does a great Curtis LeMay WITH CIGAR!

37 posted on 09/20/2020 12:47:25 PM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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To: Menehune56

Six turning and four burning.


38 posted on 09/20/2020 1:58:22 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: texas booster

Everything Russians build that is meant to fly looks like crap.


39 posted on 09/21/2020 3:36:15 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: Menehune56

Through the B-36s life it only ever destroyed a toilet in Texas.


40 posted on 09/21/2020 3:40:07 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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