Tupolev Tu-160 in flight over Russia, August 2005 Supersonic strategic heavy bomber National origin Soviet Union / Russia Design group Tupolev Built by Kazan Aircraft Production Association First flight 18 December 1981 Introduction April 1987 Primary users Russian Aerospace Forces Ukrainian Air Force (historical) Produced 1984–1992, 2002, 2008, 2017, 2021–present Number built 37 The type was involved in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian sources, on 6 March 2022, a Tu-

The Tupolev Tu-144 is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport aircraft with its prototype's maiden flight from Zhukovsky Airport on 31 December 1968, two months before the British-French Concorde. The Tu-144 was a product of the Tupolev Design Bureau, an OKB headed by aeronautics pioneer Aleksey Tupolev, and 16 aircraft were manufactured by the Voronezh Aircraft Production Associat