Aerobatic pilots from the Strizhi and Russian Knights air display teams demonstrated figures from their new summer program in the skies above Kubinka in the Moscow Region on Friday.
Aerobatic pilots from the Strizhi and Russian Knights air display teams demonstrated figures from their new summer program in the skies above Kubinka in the Moscow Region on Friday.
The new program is dedicated to the 21st anniversary of the formation of the Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatics team. Photo: a fighter jet belonging to the Russian Knights aerobatics team.
As part of the celebration program the Strizhi and Russian Knights performed group and solo flying stunts in Su-27 and Mig-29 fighter planes in front of the celebration participants, displaying updated aerial figures from their new summer show.
The Strizhi aerial display team is based at the Kubinka airfield 60 km outside Moscow.
Pilots in Kubinka were the first in the Soviet Union to master solo and group aerobatic stunts in jet fighters.
At the start of May 2011, pilots from the Strizhi team celebrated their 21st anniversary with their new summer program. Photo: A fighter plane belonging to the Russian Knights aerobatics display team.
Over the years the Strizhi air display team has visited Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Italy and Malaysia. Photo: a fighter jet belonging to the Strizhi aerobatics display team.
A Russian Knights jet fighter pilot waves to spectators from the cockpit after completing his display above the Kubinka airfield in the Moscow Region.
