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 ...

The mission involved Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and MiG-31 fighters armed with the Kinzhal air-launched system. The crews of MiG-31 aircraft practiced in-flight refueling," it said. The flights ...

The most significant shift involves installing in-flight refueling rods on the planes. This means that Russia will effectively transform the Tu-22M3 into a long-range bomber. The combat radius ...

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky reported the destruction of a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber several days ago. "A few days ago, our successful actions destroyed a ...

The Russian Aerospace Forces lost a strategic Tu-22M3 bomber in an accident that occurred in the Irkutsk region, in the ...

MOSCOW, November 17. /TASS/. The upgrade of operational Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range missile-carrying bombers will begin in 2018, Tupolev Aircraft Company CEO Alexander Konyukhov told TASS on Friday.

The plane is worth about $100 million, it carries Kh-22 missiles. The Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber. It was possible to “minus” the plane, which carries Kh-22 missiles, with ...

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, ...

A Tu-22M3 strategic bomber has crashed in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast, killing one of the pilots. Source: Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza, citing Russia’s Ministry of Defence; Russian Telegram ...