The Russian air force has struggled mightily in the skies over Ukraine, but the Kremlin does not seem to mind. The idea is to ...

There were around 60 of the Tu-22Ms, but the Russians lost almost 10 percent of the bomber fleet. The Tu-22M has been around since the Cold War. The airframes carry anti-ship and cruise missiles ...

Russia’s Tu-160M supersonic bomber, an upgrade of the original so-called “White Swan,” mighty Soviet-era Tu-160 long-range strategic bomber, has just been given the greenlight by Moscow for ...

It may have been the second Tu-22M3 to be destroyed after drones targeted another of the bombers in August 2023 while it was at an air base in the Novgorod Oblast. Ukraine is now claiming that a ...

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, says that a Ukrainian drone caused the crash of the Tu-22M3 strategic bomber. The aircraft, capable of launching cruise ...

A Russian Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic strategic bomber and Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire strategic bombers fly above the Kremlin during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 4, ...

MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Russia’s top military brass plans to arm Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic strategic bombers with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, a source in the defense industry told TASS on ...

pilots of strategic bombers Tu-160 conducted a flight in the airspace over the Caribbean Sea. The flight lasted for about 10 hours," the press service said. "In certain parts of the route ...

Russian Strategic Bomber Crashes in Siberia, One Person Dead, Governor Says (Refiles to add PIX to media identifier) MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk ...