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Russian Tu-22M3 “Backfire” Bomber Crash Lands Into A Field During Emergency, Crew Safe

December 18, 2019 Tom Demerly

Accident is Third in Series of Significant Russian Military Mishaps in December. A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3, NATO reporting name “Backfire”, twin-engine supersonic bomber crash-landed yesterday in the Astrakhan-Oblast region of southern Russia after suffering a […]

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Watch Russian Tu-22M bomber perform high-altitude old-fashioned carpet bombing in Syria

January 25, 2016 David Cenciotti

Some more Tu-22 Backfire footage. Here’s the latest footage showing Tu-22M3 long-range bombers conducting air strikes on targets in Syria. As already shown by several other clips released by the Russian MoD, the Tu-22s mainly […]

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Russian Tu-22 bomber scares NATO air defenses flying at supersonic speed over the Baltic Sea for the first time

March 24, 2015 David Cenciotti

The latest close encounter between NATO and Russian planes over the Baltic Sea was  different. Early morning on Mar. 24, NATO and Swedish QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) interceptors were scrambled  to identify and shadow a […]

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Russian Tu-22M Backfire bombers escorted by Su-27 Flankers simulate night attack on Sweden.

April 22, 2013 David Cenciotti

Erik Arnberg, a reader of The Aviationist, brought to my attention an episode that occurred on the night of Mar. 29, 2013, when Russian military aircraft simulated a large scale bomb run on Sweden. The […]

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