Al Fursan
Al Fursan | |
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Active | 2010 to date |
Country | United Arab Emirates |
Branch | United Arab Emirates Air Force |
Role | Aerobatic display team |
Size | 7 aircraft |
Colors | Black and gold |
Aircraft flown | |
Trainer | 2010 - date Aermacchi MB-339NAT |
Al Fursan (Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺮﺳﺎﻥ; in English The Knights) is the aerobatics demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force. It was formed in 2010 with Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339NAT jet aircraft.[1] The team has a total of seven aircraft, all seven of which are used for performances (some accounts indicate that the seventh is a spare, but all seven flew at the IDEX 2015 show in Abu Dhabi). They are the only aerobatic display team in the world that uses Black Smoke.[citation needed]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-11-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Categories:
- Aerobatic teams
- United Arab Emirates Air Force