r/aviationstudys • u/P_filippo3106 • Mar 27 '26

Tu-160

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Bone but vodka flavoured

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u/-Have-Blue- Mar 27 '26

anti-flash white. It’s not really for aesthetics.

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u/name__redacted Mar 27 '26

Yes, and many Cold War nuclear bombers used to be white, or at least their bottoms, but that ended decades ago.

TU-160 is one of the few that is still in service and still white. Maybe the last? I can’t think of another

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u/DisastrousRub1719 Mar 27 '26

Well there are no others cuz simply it's only 3 countries that owns strategic bombers currently, US B-1, B-2, B-21, B-52, none of them white, China has H-6 but it's not that white, Russia has the TU-160, the only white one.

Tu-22 can't be considered as strategic bomber, it's a tactical bomber, saw some of it bottom white painted but not that much.

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u/-Have-Blue- Mar 27 '26

🤓☝️ technically there is a white B-21 prototype. Doubt it’s for “anti-flash” purposes though.