Advanced cruise missiles and gravity bombs allow for missions that are variegated and equally lethal to Russia’s enemies.

More uncommon, however, is the intercept of visibly armed Russian bombers. In this case, each Tu-22M3 ‘Backfire’ appears to be armed with a single Kh-22 or Kh-23 missile (referred to by NATO ...

The Tu-95 Bear was introduced in 1956, and it would go on to influence the Tu-142 Bear. It was introduced in 1956 and is one of the longest serving aircraft in the Russian military with 47 ...

The narrator and administrator of the Paper Skies YouTube channel, in an episode titled “Why Soviet Pilots Called It ‘The Booze Carrier’: The Tupolev Tu-22 Story,” tells that amusing story ...

Russian airliners include the Ilyushin Il-96, Yakovlev/Irkut MC-21, Sukhoi Superjet 100, and the Tupolev Tu-214. Recently, the Russian airline S7 Airlines contracted to purchase 100 Tu-214s. Meanwhile ...