The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) and Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic teams are training for an air show dedicated to their 20th anniversary. Training flights were held on Monday at the Kubinka Air Base near Moscow.
The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) and Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic teams are training for an air show dedicated to their 20th anniversary. Training flights were held on Monday at the Kubinka Air Base near Moscow.
The Russian Air Force’s Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team has set a number of world records.
Photo: Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
Photo: Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
The team was established on April 5, 1991, at the 237th Guards Proskurov Air Force Regiment, comprising the best pilots of the Kubinka Air Base outside Moscow. The pilots fly highly maneuverable multi-purpose Su-27-P and Su-27-UB Flanker fighters solo and in formation.
Photo: Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
Photo: Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) became the first Soviet aerobatic team to perform abroad, touring the United Kingdom in September 1991.
Photo: Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
Photo: Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
They are the only aerobatic team in the world that can perform breathtaking group aerobatic stunts using heavy-duty production fighters.
Photo: A Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter used by the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team.
Photo: A Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter used by the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team.
The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team participates in all Russia’s air shows, as well as numerous events abroad.
The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team’s Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter prepares for take-off.
The Strizhi (Swifts) are a Russian Air Force aerobatic team.
Photo: Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team’s Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
Photo: Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team’s Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
The Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team was established on May 6, 1991, at the 237th Guards Proskurov Air Force Regiment, comprising the best pilots of the Kubinka Air Base outside Moscow. It is part of the Kozhedub Aircraft Exhibition Center.
Photo: Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team’s Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
Photo: Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team’s Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters performing a training flight at the Kubinka Air Base.
The Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team’s pilots fly highly maneuverable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum multi-purpose fighters solo and in formation.
Photo: Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team’s Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter landing.
Photo: Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team’s Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter landing.
Foreground, from right: Aerobatic Team Commander Andrei Alexeyev, Deputy Squadron Commander Sergei Shcheglov and Flight Commander Alexander Bogdan after flights with the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team at the Kubinka Air Base.
