Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Supersonic Strategic Bombers Arrive in Venezuela

Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack supersonic heavy strategic bombers has arrived in Venezuela.  Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that  Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack supersonic strategic bombers took off from the Engels airbase in the Volga region, “flew over the Caribbean, the eastern Pacific and along the southwestern coast of the North American continent covering distance of over 10,000 km in 13 hours and landed at Maiquetia airfield in Venezuela”.

In June 2010, two Tu-160 Blackjack supersonic strategic bombers flew for over 23hours and covered a distance of 18,000 kilometers.