Swifts (aerobatic team)
Strizhi (Swifts) 237 TsPAT (237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment) | |
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![]() MiG-29UB of Swifts at Kubinka air base | |
Active | 6 May 1991 – present |
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Role | Aerobatic display team |
Garrison/HQ | Kubinka Air Base Moscow Oblast, Russia |
Colors | White, Red, Dark Blue |
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Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | 6 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[]
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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
See also[]
- Soviet air shows
- MAKS Air Show
- Russian Knights
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Categories:
- Russian Air Force
- Units and formations of the Soviet Air Forces
- Aerobatic teams
- 1991 establishments in the Soviet Union