Swifts (aerobatic team)

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Strizhi (Swifts)
237 TsPAT (237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment)
Mig-29UB.jpg
MiG-29UB of Swifts at Kubinka air base
Active6 May 1991 – present
CountryFlag of Russia.svg Russian Federation
BranchFlag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg Russian Air Force
RoleAerobatic display team
Garrison/HQKubinka Air Base
Moscow Oblast, Russia
ColorsWhite, Red, Dark Blue
Insignia
Identification
symbol		Strizhi logo.png
Aircraft flown
Fighter6 MiG-29

The Swifts (Russian: Стрижи, romanized: Strizhi) is an aerobatic demonstrator team of the Russian Air Force, formed on 6 May 1991. The team currently performs with 6 MiG-29/29UB aircraft.

Team roster[]

Swifts at MAKS Air Show in 2007

The team roster today unchanged since 2008. According to the Russian conventions surnames are listed first, followed by first name and patronymic:

  • Selutin Viktor Markovich, Guards colonel, “Strizhi” aerobatic team commander. Tail wingman, team leader
  • Morozov Valeriy Anatolyevich, Guards lieutenant colonel, “Strizhi” aerobatic team master pilot. Team leader
  • Sokolov Igor Evgenevich, Guards lieutenant colonel, aerobatic team deputy commander. Left wingman
  • Osyaikin Sergey Ivanovich, Guards lieutenant colonel, “Strizhi” aerobatic team master pilot. Right wingman
  • Koposov Dmitriy Alexandrovich, Guards lieutenant colonel, aerobatic team deputy commander. Right wingman, single aerobatic, extreme flying
  • Prohorov Aleksey Vladimirovich, Guards lieutenant colonel, “Strizhi” aerobatic team master pilot, left wingman
  • Vasiliev Sergey Alekseevich, Guards lieutenant colonel, “Strizhi” aerobatic team master pilot
  • Kuznetsov Denis, Captain, “Strizhi” aerobatic team pilot

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