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 ...

“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, ...

Key Points - The Russian Tu-22M3 "Backfire," a supersonic, variable-sweep wing bomber, remains a formidable long-range strike platform. -Evolving from the flawed 1960s Tu-22 "Blinder," the Tu-22M3 ...

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 ...

Tu-22Ms drop bombs on Syria in 2015. The Russian air force has deployed Backfire bombers to its air base in Syria. The surprise deployment might be brief. Alternatively, it could mark the beginning of ...

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 ...

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, ...

It was business as usual for the four-man crew of a RussianTu-22M3 Backfire bomber as it released its supersonic Kh-22 missiles towards a city in southern Ukraine, raining death and destruction from ...