Known in the West by its NATO reporting name of “Backfire,” the Tu-22M was designed by the legendary Soviet-era Tupolev Design Bureau ... such as the Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen) and Kh-32.

But in the early 2000s, Moscow envisioned updating its airborne reconnaissance capabilities with the Tupolev Tu-214R. Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) operates only three of these planes ...

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.

Iran’s Deputy Transportation Minister Ali Akbar Golrounia said in Tehran Tuesday that the possibility of explosion being the cause of the Tupolev 154 plane crash in Lorestan province last ...