Key Points – Russia’s Tu-22M3 “Backfire,” a supersonic, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber, has been a key platform for launching cruise missiles (like the Kh-22/Kh-32) against Ukraine.

Recently, the Tu-22M3 bomber has been the face of the Russian air force all over the world. ... the U.S. delegation wanted the Tu-22M not to be equipped with an air refueling system of any kind.

Recently, the Tu-22M3 bomber has been the face of the Russian air force all over the world. ... the U.S. delegation wanted the Tu-22M not to be equipped with an air refueling system of any kind.

January 16, 2020: A Russian program to refurbish and modernize its Cold War era Tu (Tupelov)-22 "Backfire" heavy bombers is running into more problems. The Russian Air Force wanted to design a new ...

At least one drone careened into a Tu-22M3 in the process of refueling and rearming. The resulting blasts caused a cloud of smoke seen rising over the airbase. View full post on X.

The Tu-95 "Bear" is that ugly, four-engine plane with contra-rotating propellers and the long refueling probe above the cockpit. Since 2007, Putin has used the Bear to harass U.S. and NATO airspace.

The Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast, Igor Kobzev, reported that the Tu-22M3 bomber crashed near the settlement of Buret of the Usolskiy District. According to him, the crew of four ejected, but one ...

The Tu-22M3’s own standard land-attack missile, the Kh-22/32, ranges farther than 500 miles. An S-200 battery would need to be well forward of a Tu-22M3’s target city—as in, ...

That said, a rare Ukrainian S-200 heavy surface-to-air missile may have hit an airborne Tu-22M3 over southern Russia in April. No, the Ukrainians usually target the 139-foot, swing-wing bombers ...

After shooting down a russian Tu-22M3 bomber, a second plane flying behind it was forced to turn around. The representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andrii ...