Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire (Bomber)

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Name (Latin)
Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire (Bomber)
Other forms of name
Backfire (Bomber)
Tu-22M Backfire (Bomber)
Tu-26 Backfire (Bomber)
See Also From tracing topical name
Jet bombers
Tupolev aircraft
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q204944
Library of congress: sh 98007878
Sources of Information
  • Gordon, Y. Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder, Tu-22M Backfire, 1998.
  • Taylor, M.J.H. Jane's encyc. of aviation, 1989:p. 869 (Tupolev Tu-26 (Tu22M) (USSR). At least 2 prototypes were built initially; up to 12 pre-production models followed ... by the beginning of 1973. Their official designation was reported to be Tu-26 but the designation Tu-22M has also been mentioned; the NATO reporting name allocated to the aircraft is Backfire.)