Posted on 08/16/2016 4:12:51 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
A group of Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers have supposedly arrived at Hamedan Air Base in western Iran. Photos (below) show them accompanied by at least one IL-76 tanker-transport. The Backfires have supposedly been deployed there for air strikes again ISIS. If these reports prove true, the deployment would be an unprecedented sign of Iranian-Russian military cooperation, and another indicator that Russia is far from finished with its use of fixed-wing air power in the region.
Tu-22M3s have been suddenly active once again over Syria, flying long-range missions originating from within Russia’s borders and accompanied by forward-deployed Flanker derivatives once entering Syrian airspace. Basing the bombers at Hamedan Air Base would cut flight distance and time by nearly two and a half times when compared with originating sorties out of Russia, thus drastically increasing Russia’s sortie rates while using the same amount of aircraft.
Russian bombers have transited Iranian airspace on their way to Syria many times before. They have even been escorted by Iranian F-14 Tomcats while doing so, although they have not flown combat sorties out of an Iranian base before. Backfires have been especially focused on attacking targets in and around Deir-ez-Zor, an eastern Syrian town along the Euphrates River that has been under ISIS siege for many months.
The Tu-22M3s do not deliver precision air-to-ground weapons on these sorties, they use dumb bombs dropped from medium to high altitudes, which puts in question their effectiveness for counter-ISIS operations and the toll their strikes take on innocent lives in the process.
We will keep you updated as the story unfolds.
thanks Obama. We could have supported the youth movement 4 or 5 years ago and had a moderately modern govt to deal with.
Now we have iran with 150 billion, corporations stabbing u in the back to sell any and everything iran needs sto kill us. and russia is everyone’s pal now
Can we AT LEAST GET OUR NUKES out of Turkey!!!!
“they use dumb bombs dropped from medium to high altitudes, which puts in question their effectiveness for counter-ISIS operations”
Worked on Japan and Germany.
“and the toll their strikes take on innocent lives in the process”
Not a part of Russian, Syrian, or ISIS military doctrine, hence, irrelevant.
Obama the Imposter Moslem from Indonesia
WANTS the nukes in Islam’s hands until
they murder millions in Israel and America
and other allied countries.
There is not one (1) Republican who will
stop him. Ryan and McConnell lick
the treasonous toilets of Obama and Valjar
every single day as they lie to voters.
Warfare from 35,000 feet worked swell for Clinton in the Balkans, didn’t it
Such a big aircraft for so few bombs. A shorter range will mean bigger payloads. Like us in Vietnam the Russians have a huge stockpile of dumb bombs to use up so saturation bombing makes sense.
Those names you mentioned are dead to me.
Except of course Trump.
He, Newt, Rudy, Pence..they are all doing their part to get Trump over the line!!!
not many others you can trust.
This is an effective medium bomber/strike aircraft.
I’ve always thought of the Backfire as the USSR’s B-52.
I’ve always thought of the Backfire as the USSR’s B-52.
Scratch that. I’m thinking of the bear. The backfire is more like the B-1
Yes it did. Clinton's objectives were to defeat Serbia, arrest its leader, and turn Kosovo over to the Muslims.
All three objectives were achieved by high-altitude bombing.
The angle of the photograph reminded me of the 1960s Navy’s A-5 Vigilante. I remember building the old Monogram model kit of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_A-5_Vigilante
Monogram model kit (1/76 scale)
http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=3560
The Iranians had their eyes on the Backfire for years
Now thanks to obama and Kerry they have lots of cash for militarization
I wonder what is the quid pro quo for this latest arrangement??
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KpVLquvhwjg
Backfire in Syria
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BLpPbD_Hu_Q
Russian Tu-22M3 ‘Backfire’ long-range bombers strike ISIS from Iran’s Hamadan airfield (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/news/356098-russian-bombers-iran-hamadan/
"A week after allowing Russian planes to fly bombing runs into Syria from a base inside its borders, Iran reversed course on Monday and withdrew permission for the flights, complaining that the Kremlin had been too public about the arrangement. The about-face and the explanation for it from Iran’s Foreign Ministry seemed to surprise Russia, where state news media had been trumpeting the deal as a sign of a growing friendship with Iran."
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