Il-78 tankers refueling a Tu-160 strategic bomber over the Caspian Sea.
Dec 11, 2015
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Watch this Il-78M Midas refueling a Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bomber over the Caspian Sea.
On Nov. 20, for the first time ever, two Blackjacks carried out a 13,000km round trip war mission taking off from a deployment base in Kola Peninsula: they flew off Norway and UK, around western Europe, entered the Mediterranean Sea via Gibraltar and, after meeting the Su-30SMs departed from Latakia, launched some ALCMs (Air Launched Cruise Missiles) against terrorist targets in Syria. Then, they entered the Syrian airspace and returned home via the eastern corridor: Iraq-Iran-Caspian Sea.
Two Il-78M tankers were also part of the mission supporting the strike force refueling the Tu-160s on their way back home.
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