Russian air force tupolev tu 160 war. Tupolev tu 160 belyy lebed romanized. On 25 december 2016 a tupolev tu 154 jetliner of the russian defence ministry crashed into the black sea shortly after taking off from sochi international airport russia while en route to khmeimim air base syriaall 92 passengers and crew on board including 64 members of the alexandrov ensemble choir of the russian armed forces were killedthe aircraft had flown from chkalovsky airport. The tupolev tu 160 russian.