 - 1. How many crew members are in the Tu-22M3?
A) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
- 2. What is the total length of the Tu-22M3?
A) 23.3 m
B) 11.05 m
C) 34.28 m
D) 42.46 m
- 3. What is the wingspan of the Tu-22M3 when spread at a 20-degree sweep?
A) 42.46 m
B) 34.28 m
C) 11.05 m
D) 23.3 m
- 4. What is the wingspan of the Tu-22M3 when swept at a 65-degree sweep?
A) 34.28 m
B) 23.3 m
C) 42.46 m
D) 11.05 m
- 5. What is the empty weight of the Tu-22M3?
A) 126,000 kg
B) 112,000 kg
C) 58,000 kg
D) 54,000 kg
- 6. What are the engines used on the Tu-22M3?
A) Kuznetsov NK-15
B) Tupolev NK-22
C) Raduga NK-32
D) Kuznetsov NK-25
- 7. What is the maximum speed of the Tu-22M3 at 9,140 m?
A) 1,997 km/h
B) 1,800 km/h
C) 1,500 km/h
D) 2,200 km/h
- 8. What is the service ceiling of the Tu-22M3?
A) 9,140 m
B) 11,000 m
C) 13,300 m
D) 15,000 m
- 9. What type of gun is installed in the remotely controlled tail turret?
A) 23-mm GSh-30
B) 30-mm GSh-30
C) 12.7-mm machine gun
D) 23-mm GSh-23
- 10. What is the internal weapons bay capacity of the Tu-22M3?
A) 24,000 kg
B) 10,000 kg
C) 54,000 kg
D) 126,000 kg
- 11. Which missile was tested on the Tu-22M but apparently not used in service?
A) Kh-15
B) Kh-55
C) Kh-22
D) Kh-47M2
- 12. What is the ferry range of the Tu-22M3?
A) 4,200 km
B) 2,500 km
C) 7,000 km
D) 6,800 km
- 13. What is the maximum take-off weight of the Tu-22M3 with rocket assistance?
A) 112,000 kg
B) 126,000 kg
C) 58,000 kg
D) 126,400 kg
- 14. What is the rate of climb of the Tu-22M3?
A) 10 m/s
B) 15 m/s
C) 30 m/s
D) 25 m/s
- 15. What is the maximum Mach number of the Tu-22M3?
A) Mach 2.0
B) Mach 2.2
C) Mach 1.5
D) Mach 1.88
- 16. What caused the Tu-22M3 crash at Soltsy Air Base on 8 July 2004?
A) Engine malfunction
B) Pilot error
C) Drone strike
D) Total electrical failure
- 17. What type of Tu-22M was shot down during the Russo-Georgian War?
A) Tu-22M1
B) Tu-22MR
C) Tu-22M3
D) Tu-22M0
- 18. What system shot down the Tu-22MR in 2008?
A) S-300
B) Stinger missile
C) Patriot missile
D) Buk-M1
- 19. What happened to the Tu-22M3 at Shaykovka Air Base on 16 September 2017?
A) It suffered an ejection system malfunction
B) It overran the runway
C) It experienced an electrical failure
D) It was hit by a drone
- 20. How many crew members were injured in the 2017 Shaykovka Air Base incident?
A) Three
B) One
C) None
D) Four
- 21. Where was the Olenya Air Base crash on 22 January 2019 located?
A) Near Moscow
B) Near Olenegorsk
C) Near Soltsy
D) Near Stavropol
- 22. What happened to the airframe during the 2019 Olenya Air Base crash?
A) It caught fire in the air
B) It ruptured and detached the cockpit
C) It exploded mid-flight
D) It remained intact
- 23. What was the cause of the 23 March 2021 incident at Shaykovka Air Base?
A) Electrical failure
B) Runway overrun
C) Drone strike
D) Ejection system malfunction
- 24. What was the aircraft doing when the ejection system malfunctioned in 2021?
A) Landing
B) Taking off
C) Taxiing to hangar
D) Engine start procedures
- 25. How was the Tu-22M3 at Soltsy-2 destroyed in August 2023?
A) Pilot error
B) Drone strike
C) Surface-to-air missile
D) Mechanical failure
- 26. What did satellite pictures reveal about the other bombers at Soltsy-2 in August 2023?
A) They were taking off
B) They were destroyed
C) They were damaged
D) They had been evacuated
- 27. What was the observed state of the Tu-22M3 on 19 April 2024 before crashing?
A) Landing smoothly
B) In a flat spin
C) Ascending rapidly
D) Parked on the ground
- 28. What was the preliminary cause of the 15 August 2024 crash in Irkutsk Oblast?
A) Drone strike
B) Enemy missile fire
C) Technical malfunction
D) Bad weather
- 29. What happened to the crew during the 15 June 2026 crash in Irkutsk Oblast?
A) They remained in the plane
B) All died
C) The pilot died
D) All ejected safely
- 30. What type of bomb was reportedly reactivated for use with Tu-22M3 bombers at the Azovstal plant?
A) Kh-22
B) FAB-3000M-46
C) MIM-104
D) FAB-500
- 31. Which air base was attacked by a drone on 5 December 2022, damaging a Tu-22M3?
A) Shaykovka
B) Olenya
C) Dyagilevo
D) Soltsy
- 32. Who led the Ukrainian intelligence unit that allegedly destroyed one Tu-22M3 and disabled two in August 2023?
A) Oleksandr Syrskyi
B) Volodymyr Zelensky
C) Oleh Babiy
D) Valerii Zaluzhnyi
- 33. Which missile system did Ukraine allegedly use to down a Tu-22M3 in April 2024?
A) MIM-104 Patriot
B) S-200
C) Kh-22
D) SAMP/T
- 34. Where were two Tu-22M3s damaged by HUR drones at a distance of 1,800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border?
A) Soltsy air base
B) Olenya air base
C) Belaya air base
D) Dyagilevo air base
- 35. What is the estimated value of the Tu-22M3 destroyed at Shaykovka air base as stated by Oleksandr Syrskyi?
A) $100 million
B) $50 million
C) $10 million
D) $200 million
- 36. Which aircraft was also claimed to be shot down by the same type of missile used against the Tu-22M3 in April 2024?
A) Tu-95
B) Beriev A-50
C) Su-27
D) MiG-29
- 37. In what year did the production of the Tu-22M end?
A) 1989
B) 1993
C) 2001
D) 1995
- 38. During which conflict in 1995 did the Russian Federation use the Tu-22M3?
A) Syria
B) Chechnya
C) Georgia
D) Afghanistan
- 39. Which country claimed that two Tu-22Ms violated its airspace near Rebun Island in February 2001?
A) Sweden
B) Finland
C) Georgia
D) Japan
- 40. Who was the crew commander missing in action after the Tu-22MR was shot down in 2008?
A) Aleksandr Koventsov
B) Vyacheslav Malkov
C) Sergey Kobylash
D) Piotr Butowski
- 41. What was the name of the Swedish fighter aircraft sent to mark the presence of Tu-22Ms in 2015?
A) Aegis
B) Saab JAS 39 Gripen
C) Buk-M1
D) F-16
- 42. From which airbase in Iran did Russian bombers begin flying missions in August 2016?
A) Hamedan Airbase
B) Belaya
C) Shaykovka
D) Khmeymim
- 43. Who awarded the crews the 'Participant of the military operation in Syria' medal in December 2017?
A) Piotr Butowski
B) Aleksandr Koventsov
C) Sergey Kobylash
D) Vyacheslav Malkov
- 44. Where were three Tu-22Ms temporarily deployed in May 2021?
A) Shaykovka airbase
B) Khmeymim airbase
C) Belaya airbase
D) Hamedan airbase
- 45. In what year did the Tu-22M and Tu-95 resume long-range patrolling for the first time since 1992?
A) 2007
B) 2008
C) 2013
D) 2016
- 46. What is the approximate number of aircraft per squadron according to the 2014 estimate?
A) 10
B) 40
C) 28
D) 7
- 47. In what year was the Tu-22M first unveiled to the public?
A) 1973
B) 1987
C) 1982
D) 1980
- 48. During which conflict was the Tu-22M first used in combat?
A) The Korean War
B) Afghanistan
C) The Gulf War
D) Vietnam
- 49. What was the mission-capable rate of the Tu-22M in August 1991?
A) 50–60%
B) 30–40%
C) 70–80%
D) 10–20%
- 50. During the 1980 Warsaw Pact exercise, what operations did the naval Tu-22M2s conduct?
A) Anti-ship mining
B) In-flight refueling
C) High altitude reconnaissance
D) Strategic nuclear deterrent
- 51. What was a primary reason for the maintenance problems suffered by the Tu-22M?
A) Sabotage by enemy agents
B) Insufficient fuel supplies
C) Poor manufacturing quality
D) Lack of pilot training
- 52. Which aircraft worked alongside the Tu-22M during the 1988 missions to relieve Kandahar?
A) Su-25
B) MiG-23
C) Tu-160
D) MiG-27
- 53. In what month and year was the last Afghan operation of the Tu-22M conducted?
A) March 1989
B) January 1989
C) December 1987
D) October 1988
- 54. Why did the Soviet Air Force seek to prosecute Tupolev?
A) For selling technology to NATO
B) For failing to meet speed requirements
C) For embezzling government funds
D) For rushing inadequate designs into service
- 55. How long were some Tu-22M aircraft grounded due to spare parts shortages?
A) Up to three weeks
B) Up to six months
C) Up to one month
D) Up to two years
- 56. When were four Tu-22Ms intercepted and photographed by Norwegian aircraft?
A) June 1981
B) June 1980
C) October 1982
D) December 1987
- 57. What was the name of the initial modernization attempt that began in 1990?
A) Adaptation-45.03M
B) Tu-22M3M
C) SVP-24-22
D) NV-45
- 58. In what year was the NV-45 radar first flown on a Tu-22M?
A) 2008
B) 2018
C) 1990
D) 2014
- 59. When was the contract for the Tu-22M3M mid-life upgrade signed?
A) September 2023
B) September 2014
C) May 2020
D) January 2008
- 60. What equipment was intended to be replaced by a new self-defense electronic radar suite?
A) The main radar
B) The tail gun
C) The landing gear
D) The navigation system
- 61. Which aircraft is planned to share much of the new avionics with the Tu-22M3M?
A) Su-24
B) Tu-22M3
C) Tu-160M2
D) Kh-32
- 62. Which of these is a missile mentioned as a planned armament enhancement for the Tu-22M3M?
A) NV-45M
B) Kh-47M2 Kinzhal
C) Adaptation-45
D) SVP-24
- 63. Who developed the SVP-24-22 upgrade program?
A) TASS
B) The military-industrial complex
C) Gefest & T
D) Sukhoi
- 64. The SVP-24-22 upgrade was based on avionics originally developed for which aircraft?
A) Tu-160M2
B) Sukhoi Su-24
C) Kh-32
D) Tu-22M3
- 65. What was the reported status of the Adaptation-45.03M project?
A) Delayed until 2018
B) Successfully mass-produced
C) Renamed to NV-45
D) Abandoned before production
- 66. What is the NATO reporting name for the Tupolev Tu-22M?
A) Bear
B) Blinder
C) Blackjack
D) Backfire
- 67. In which decade was the Tu-22M developed?
A) 1970s
B) 1960s
C) 1980s
D) 1950s
- 68. What is the primary wing configuration of the Tu-22M?
A) Fixed-sweep wing
B) Delta wing
C) Straight wing
D) Variable-sweep wing
- 69. Western intelligence once incorrectly designated the Tu-22M as what?
A) Tu-28
B) Tu-26
C) Tu-30
D) Tu-24
- 70. Which Soviet organization operated the Tu-22M in a maritime anti-shipping role?
A) Soviet Border Guard
B) Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
C) Soviet Naval Aviation (AVMF)
D) Soviet Air Forces (VVS)
- 71. In which conflict was the Tu-22M first used for conventional bombing by the Soviet Union?
A) Soviet–Afghan War
B) First Chechen War
C) Russo-Georgian War
D) Syrian civil war
- 72. How many aircraft did the 2024 Military Balance report state were in service with the Russian Air Force?
A) 60
B) 27
C) 497
D) 57
- 73. Which aircraft was developed by Sukhoi as a competitor to the Tu-22 update?
A) T-10
B) T-4
C) Su-24
D) Su-27
- 74. What OKB code was given to the Tu-22M design?
A) Aircraft 145
B) Aircraft 98
C) Aircraft 22
D) Aircraft 45
- 75. What was the primary weapon the government decreed for development alongside the Tu-22M?
A) Kh-31 missile
B) Kh-22 missile
C) Kh-55 missile
D) Kh-15 missile
- 76. When was the first satellite photograph of the Tu-22M taken by the US?
A) 1967
B) 1962
C) 1970
D) 1972
- 77. The design of the Tu-22M borrowed features from which abandoned project?
A) Tu-16
B) Tu-95
C) Tu-20
D) Tu-98
- 78. What is the total number of Tu-22M variants produced?
A) 27
B) 60
C) 57
D) 497
- 79. Which company has sought export customers for the Tu-22M since 1992?
A) Sukhoi
B) Mikoyan
C) Tupolev
D) Ilyushin
- 80. What is the NATO reporting name for the Tu-22M1?
A) Backfire-D
B) Backfire-A
C) Backfire-B
D) Backfire-C
- 81. How many Tu-22M1 aircraft were produced in 1971 and 1972?
A) 4
B) 211
C) 12
D) 9
- 82. What is the NATO reporting name for the Tu-22M2?
A) Backfire-B
B) Backfire-D
C) Backfire-A
D) Backfire-C
- 83. Which engines were originally used on the Tu-22M2?
A) NK-22
B) NK-45
C) NK-32
D) NK-25
- 84. What is the NATO reporting name for the Tu-22M3?
A) Backfire-A
B) Backfire-B
C) Backfire-D
D) Backfire-C
- 85. What nickname was given to the Tu-22M3 in Russian service?
A) Troika
B) Backfire
C) Overview
D) Kinzhal
- 86. Which radar is used by the Tu-22M3?
A) Obzor
B) NV-45
C) Almaz PNA
D) Shompol
- 87. Why was the aerial refueling probe removed from the Tu-22M3?
A) Aerodynamic issues
B) SALT negotiations
C) Maintenance costs
D) Engine integration problems
- 88. Which specialized computing subsystem was installed on Tu-22M3s used in Syria?
A) SVP-24-22
B) Obzor
C) NK-45
D) NV-45
- 89. How many Tu-22M2 aircraft were built between 1972 and 1984?
A) 9
B) 211
C) 12
D) 268
- 90. What engines are used on the Tu-22M3M?
A) NK-25
B) NK-45
C) NK-32-02
D) NK-22
- 91. What project was the 'Izdeliye 4510'?
A) Tu-22M3M
B) Tu-344
C) Tu-22M4
D) Tu-22MR
- 92. How many Tu-22M3 aircraft were built until 1993?
A) 268
B) 211
C) 12
D) 9
- 93. How many Tu-22M3 aircraft are currently operated by the Russian Aerospace Forces?
A) 43
B) 55
C) 17
D) 60
- 94. Which air base houses the 52nd Heavy Bomber Regiment?
A) Belaya
B) Olenya
C) Shaykovka
D) Dyagilevo
- 95. When were the Russian Naval Aviation Tu-22M3s transferred to the Russian Air Force?
A) 2011
B) 2015
C) 1991
D) 2006
- 96. Which agreement led to the scrapping of Ukrainian Tu-22Ms?
A) Lisbon Protocol
B) Budapest Memorandum
C) Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction
D) START I Treaty
- 97. How many Tu-22M bombers did Ukraine scrap in total?
A) 100
B) 55
C) 60
D) 423
- 98. In which city is the 43rd Center for Combat Application and Training of Aircrew for Long Range Aviation located?
A) Murmansk
B) Ryazan
C) Kaluga
D) Irkutsk
- 99. How many Kh-22 cruise missiles were scrapped by Ukraine?
A) 423
B) 60
C) 17
D) 43
- 100. Where is the headquarters of the 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division?
A) Olenya
B) Ukrainka
C) Belaya
D) Shaykovka
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