Swifts (aerobatic team) explained

Unit Name:	Strizhi (Swifts) 237 TsPAT (237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment)
Dates:	6 May 1991 – present
Country:	Russian Federation
Branch:	Russian Air Force
Role:	Aerobatic display team
Garrison:	Kubinka Air Base Moscow Oblast, Russia
Colors:	White, Red, Dark Blue
Aircraft Fighter:	6 MiG-29

The Swifts (Russian: Стрижи|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

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

External links

• Strizhi official website (Russian language)
• Russian aerobatic team Strizhi on Aerobaticteams.net