modernized aircraft was unveiled during a roll-out ceremony at the Kazan Aviation Plant. It performed its maiden flight on 28 December 2018. On 20 March 2020, the second modernized Tu-22M3M aircraft had its maiden flight. Operators Russian Aerospace Forces Russian Air Force – 63 are in service as of 2018. Olenya (air base) 40th Mixed Aviation Regiment 6952nd Air Base – Belaya (air base), Irkutsk Oblast Elements of 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (HQ: Ukrainka) 43rd Center for Combat Application and Training of Aircrew for Long Range Aviation – Dyagilevo (air base), Ryazan Oblast 1st Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment Shaykovka (air base), Kaluga Oblast 52nd Heavy Bomber Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division Former operators Russian Naval Aviation – Tu-22M3s of the Northern Fleet and Pacific Fleet were transferred to the Russian Air Force in 2011. Northern Fleet 924th Maritime Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment – Olenya (air base), Murmansk Oblast (now 40th Mixed Aviation Regiment of Russian Long Range Aviation Pacific Fleet 568th Composite Aviation Regiment – Kamenny Ruchey, Khabarovsk Krai Soviet Air Forces – aircraft were transferred to Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division 200th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Babruysk, Mogilev Region, Byelorussian SSR 260th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Stryi Air Base, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division 132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Raadi Airfield, Estonian SSR 402nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Balbasovo Air Base, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian SSR 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Soltsy-2 (air base), Novgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division 184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Pryluky Air Base, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 185th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Poltava Air Base, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment – Shaykovka (air base), Kaluga Oblast, Russian SFSR Soviet Naval Aviation 5th Maritime Missile Aviation Division 574th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment – Lakhta air base, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian SFSR 924th Guards Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment – Olenya (air base), Murmansk Oblast, Russian SFSR 2nd Guards Maritime Missile Aviation Division 5th Guards Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment – Veseloye, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 943rd Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment – Oktiabrske, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 33rd Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel Aviation VMF – Kulbakino Air Base, Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR 540th Instructor-Research Maritime Missile Aviation