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War Jets: The Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire Bomber MP4 Video Download Or DVD

War Jets: The Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire Bomber MP4 Video Download Or DVD
War Jets: The Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire Bomber MP4 Video Download Or DVD
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War Jets; The Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire Bomber, Russia's First Jet-Powered Long-Range Strategic Bomber, The Extraordinary Product Of A Decades-Long Project To Counter America's Intercontinental Strategic Jet Bombers, As Seen Through Stunning Color And Black And White Archival Films From The Factory, Out In The Field And Up In The World's Air Show Skies! An Hour Of Historical Military Aviation Infotainment, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! (Color, 1993, 48 Minutes.)

The Tupolev Tu-22M (NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike heavy bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s and completed in the final days of The Soviet Union. The bomber was misreported as being designated Tu-26 by Western intelligence at one time. During the Cold War, the Tu-22M was operated by the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) in a missile carrier strategic bombing role, and by the Soviet Naval Aviation (Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota, AVMF) in a long-range maritime anti-shipping role. In 2024, the Russian Air Force had 57 aircraft in service, according to the 2024 Military Balance report by International Institute for Strategic Studies. In 2023, Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence estimated that Russia had 27 aircraft in operable condition.