A Russian air force Tupolev Tu-22M falls to the ground in flames. The Ukrainian government claimed it shot down one of the Russian air force Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire bombers on Friday, which, if ...
“Backfire,” of course, is not the Russkies’ nickname for the warbird, but rather the NATO reporting name for the Tupolev Tu-22M (Туполев Ту-22М). The plane was developed in the 1960s by the Tupolev ...
The status of the Tu-22M has long been under debate in the U.S. intelligence community. Back in 1971, when the Tu-22M first became known to the United States, the mission of the new Soviet bomber as ...
Details: Krutov published the pictures taken on 7 December. "The damaged Tu-22M has disappeared, leaving only a shadow on the tarmac. At least nine other Tu-22M bombers, as well as some other planes, ...
The images, taken Monday, show the scorched remains of a Backfire in a revetment where examples of the type had been parked at least since Aug. 16, the last time high-resolution images of that base ...
LONDON—Russia’s Tupolev has rolled out an upgraded version of its Tu-22M ‘Backfire’ supersonic variable geometry strike aircraft. The upgraded aircraft, designated Tu-22M3M, features updated avionics, ...
A Russian nuclear bomber reportedly crashed in Siberia this week with many sharing videos of the apparent incident on social media. "Telegram channels write that it was a Tu-22M bomber that took off ...