Tupolev Tu-22/Tu-22m: Fra - Op: Famous Russian Aircraft

by Yefim Gordon and Sergey Komissarov

The Tupolev Tu-22 'Blinder' and Tu-22M 'Backfire' led the Soviet Union's supersonic bomber air force from the 1960s, although the two aircraft were very different. The Tu-22 - nicknamed 'Blinder' by NATO - was the pioneering supersonic bomber in the USSR, entering production in 1960. The first Tu-22B aircraft entered Soviet service in 1962 and the aircraft continued into production until 1969 through several variants, including reconaissance and electronic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857803566
• ISBN13: 9781857803563
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Crecy Publishing
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.6" x 11.0"