Tupolev Tu-22 (RF-34035)

Tupolev Tu-22M3, RF-34035

Interesting shot. Looks to still be in pre-delivery green.

I've never seen one before in what looks like a low level mission camouflage. But on the other hand, if this is just a shot taken pre Delivery, then I'm amazed that they are still building the a/c. And not because the TU-22 is necessarily outdated, but more that Russia is broke. The Backfire is about half the MTOW of the B1B Lancer.

That's Tu-22M, not Tu-22 - an entirely different airplane, but there's no special ID for it in FlightAware's DB.

Wonderful capture Stanislav !!

It just looks fast. Great shot.

Cold war warrior?

Are those flattened beer can patches?

Nice shot. Ugly bird.

Very nice!

Very cool photo!!