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Russian air force aerobatic team
Military unit
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
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Strizhi.
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