The Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated Tu-26 by Western intelligence at one time. [1]

The Tupolev Tu-22 (Air Standardization Coordinating Committee name: Blinder) was the first supersonic bomber to enter production in the Soviet Union. Manufactured by Tupolev, the Tu-22 entered service with Long-Range Aviation and Soviet Naval Aviation in the 1960s.

Sep 10, 2012 · The Tupolev Tu-22M (also known as Backfire) is a long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by Tupolev for the Soviet Air Force. The aircraft is currently in service with the Russian Air Force and Russian Naval Aviation.

The Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, swing-wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Soviet Union. Significant numbers remain in service with the Russian Air Force.

Mar 15, 2024 · One Russian aircraft of particular concern is the Tupolev Tu-22M “Backfire,” a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber. The Tu-22M was developed in the...

13 hours ago · The Tupolev Tu-22M3 only saw limited use at the end of the Soviet-Afghan War. Still, it was used in nearly 100 operational sorties against rebels in Chechnya in the mid-1990s and Georgian forces ...

2 days ago · The Tu-22M was developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau beginning in 1965. It evolved from requirements issued by the Soviet Air Force and the Ministry of the Aviation Industry on 24 August 1965 to produce a new long-range bomber capable of operating across a wide spectrum of altitudes and speeds. The program, designated “Project 145 ...

Feb 28, 2022 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) Swing-Wing Supersonic Strategic / Maritime Bomber including pictures.

Apr 2, 2025 · A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region of southeastern Siberia due to a technical malfunction, local governor Igor Kobzev said on Wednesday.

Strategic strike and maritime reconnaissance bomber. In service since 1965. Strategic bomber development of the Tu-22 with swing wing. Replaced by improved Tu-22M-3 in 1980. Tu-22MR ECM and EW version. The bomber is, in 2000, the major strategic bomber of the Russian Air Force and Navy and Ukrainian Air Force.