Civil aircraft

Tupolev Tu-160 is a strategic missile carrier. This aircraft with variable wing geometry is the largest supersonic aircraft in the history of military aviation and the heaviest combat aircraft in the world. The aircraft received the unofficial name “White Swan” for its power and grace.
This aircraft is an intercontinental strategic multi-modal missile-launching aircraft armed with long-range cruise missiles. The Design Bureau started working on this project in the early 1970s. The design concept for the airplane and its systems was developed by the mid-1970s. The first flight of the test airplane was operated on December 18, 1981, by test pilot B. Veremey. Tests of the first production airplane started in October 1984. Initially, Tu-160s were received by an active long-range aviation unit based in the Ukrainian Republic of the USSR in April 1987. In total, 36 Tu-160 airplanes had been produced by the early 2000s.
Historyhttp://uacrussia.ru/en/aircraft/lineup/special/Tu-160/#history