an early version of the Backfire, displayed together with the impressive Kh-22 / AS-4 Kitchen air-ground missile at the "Long Range Aviation Museum" at Dyagilevo AB, Ryazan
Nose of a Backfire in use for tests by ANTK, carrying an Kh-22M training round (AS-4 "Kitchen") and nine 250kg fragmention bombs on a MBD3-U9-68 multiple ejector rack.