Swifts (aerobatic team)

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Country Russian Federation Role Aerobatic display team		Branch Russian Air Force Colors White, Red, Dark Blue

Active May 6, 1991 to the present Garrison/HQ Kubinka Air Base Moscow Oblast, Russia

The Swifts (Russian: Стрижи, Strizhi) are a Soviet and later Russian aerobatic performance demonstrator team connected with the Russian Air Force.

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, aerbatic 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

References

Swifts (aerobatic team) Wikipedia

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