The mission involved Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and MiG-31 fighters armed with the Kinzhal air-launched system. The crews of MiG-31 aircraft practiced in-flight refueling," it said. The flights ...

The Tu-22M3 has an operating range of 7,000 km (4,350 miles) and is capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The Tu-22 was originally introduced in 1983, and the M3 models remained in service after ...

On August 15, a Tu-22M3 plane crashed in the Irkutsk Region during a planned sortie IRKUTSK, August 15. /TASS/. The fire at the Tu-22M3 bomber crash site has been promptly eliminated, Irkutsk ...

Iranian religious scholar and civil activist Sedigheh Vasmaghi said there is no legal basis for admitting a young woman into psychiatric care because she took her clothes off in apparent protest ...

The refueling involved providing fuel to the bomber ... same day that a group of Russian military aircraft, including two ...

Modern versions such as the Tu-22M3 can reach speeds of Mach 2 (2,300km/h or 1,430mp/h) and can carry up to 24,000kg of weapons, including "dumb bombs" and homing missiles. They have been used in ...

Presently, two aerial refueling methods are practiced. One method uses a hose-drogue-probe assembly for the delivery of fuel. Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a ...

A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of passengers and cargo. Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo. Nearly all ...

SpaceX will attempt to transfer propellant from one orbiting Starship to another as early as next March, a technical milestone that will pave the way for an uncrewed landing demonstration of a ...

This aircraft is equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control system and delivering a fuel offload rate required for large aircraft. In addition ...