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OBP-15T Targeting bombsight on Tupolev Tu-22M(0) [7] Older cockpit of Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber, navigator's and weapon systems officer's panels Tupolev Tu-22M3 taking off at Ryazan Dyagilevo. Compared to the T-4, it was an evolutionary design, and thus its appeal lay in its simplicity and low cost.
Radar-jamming Tu-22PD aircraft covered Tu-22M3 Backfire-C bombers operating from the Mary-2 airfield in the Turkmen SSR on missions in Afghanistan near the Pakistani border. They protected the strike aircraft against Pakistani F-16 air defence activity and suppressed radar systems, which could aid Pakistani F-16 attacks on the Soviet bombers in ...
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The Tupolev Tu-22M ‘Backfire’ strategic bomber was designed in the mid-1960s to overcome the powerful air defenses around U.S. aircraft carriers and NATO military bases. To increase the ...
In a regular update on Ukraine, British military intelligence said "a Tu-22M3 BACKFIRE medium bomber of Russia's Long Range Aviation (LRA) was highly likely destroyed at Soltsy-2 Air base in ...
The Shaykovka military air base operates Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range bombers that have been used by Russia to strike targets in Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion last ...
A fire broke out; the attack killed at least 20 people and injured at least 56. The anti-ship missiles were launched from Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bombers that took off from the Shaykovka air base. [citation needed] On 7 October 2022 there were reports of a kamikaze drone attack on the air base, destroying two Tu-22M3 bombers. [9]
28 September – A Tu-22M3 "Backfire" bomber was badly damaged after aborting takeoff following a speed sensor failure while participating in the Zapad ("West") military exercises. It ran off the runway, losing a wing, in Shaykovka, Kaluga Oblast. No injuries were reported among the four-man crew. [84]