A crew of four operates the Tu-22M. This system, more than other Russian warplanes and bombers, has proven to be a consistent challenge to Ukrainian air defenses because of its long-range attack ...

Because the bombers require maintenance and are older, combined with the Tu-22M’s operational temp, Russia’s defense industrial base has faced difficulty in maintaining these important birds ...

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.

It was earlier reported that drills of a squadron of Tu-22M3 bombers took place in the Kaluga Region this week. The Tu-22M is a family of Soviet and later Russian long-range supersonic missile ...