A pilot stands in front of a Tu-95 bomber, or "Bear", at a military airbase in Engels some 900 km (559 miles) south of Moscow August 7, 2008. Two Tu-160 jets, known to Russian pilots as "White Swans" flew this month from this base on the Volga river to Venezuela, a mission calculated to show Russia was not afraid to flex its military muscles right under the nose of the United States. Picture taken August 7, 2008. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 41 months ago

A pilot stands in front of a Tu-95 bomber, or "Bear", at a military airbase in Engels some 900 km (559 miles) south of Moscow August 7, 2008. Two Tu-160 jets, known to Russian pilots as "White Swans" flew this month from this base on the Volga river to Venezuela, a mission calculated to show Russia was not afraid to flex its military muscles right under the nose of the United States. Picture taken August 7, 2008.

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