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Old 26th Mar 2010, 23:38
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TEEEJ
 
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Fred,

See following links

Tu-160 names - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums

'01- Mikhail Gromov (Famous test pilot)

02- Vasiliy Reshetnikov (Former Long- range Aviation commander)

03- Pavel Taran (WW2 Bomber pilot)

04- Ivan Yarygin (Famous wrestler, won gold at 1972 Olympics)

05- Originally Il'ya Muromets, now Aleksandr Golovanov (Long- range Aviation commander, 1942-44 and 1946-48)

06- Il'ya Muromets

07- Aleksadr Molodchiy (famous WW2 bomber pilot)

11- Vasiliy Sen'ko (only Long- range Aviation navigator to become Hero of the Soviet Union twice)

12- Aleksandr Novikov (1940s Air Chief Marshal)

16- Aleksey Plokhov (WW2 Bomber pilot)'

Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack

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