NATO Nation Scrambles Fighter Jets To Intercept Russian Backfire Bombers
Sweden scrambled two fighter jets to intercept a pair of Russian bomber jets flying over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according ...
The Supersonic Cold War Bomber That President Jimmy Carter Never Liked
While serving as President, Jimmy Carter chose a replacement for the B-52 bomber. He rejected one concept outright, but it ...
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Russia’s Tu-22M3 “Backfire” Bomber is a Cold-Blooded Killer in Ukraine
In fact, the Tu-22M3 (“Backfire,” according to its NATO ... In other words, this much-used Russian bomber has been so good at its job that it took an astonishing two years for Ukraine ...
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These Are the Most Widely Used Combat Aircraft in the Russian Air Force
The Russian Air Force is widely renowned ... Introduced in 1972, the Tu-22M Backfire is a strategic maritime bomber designed for long-range strike missions against naval and land-based targets.
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Tupolev Tu-22 “Booze Carrier” Was the First Soviet Supersonic Bomber
Soviet airmen immediately appreciated all the advantages of this brilliant engineering solution. Unused alcohol mixture usually would be just drained off from the aircraft and then used either in ...
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Swedish and Russian accounts diverge over Baltic Sea air incident
On Tuesday, Swedish Jas 39 Gripen jets intercepted and visually identified two Russian Tu-22 Backfire bombers escorted by two ...
US bombers intercepted by Russian jets near Kaliningrad on Monday
Two B-52 Stratofortress bombers of the United States were intercepted by two Russian SU-27 fighter jets near Russia's Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad on Monday, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.