Swifts (aerobatic team)

Strizhi (Swifts)
237 TsPAT (237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment)
Swifts aerobatic team logo
Active6 May 1991 – present
Country Russian Federation
BranchRussian Air Force
RoleAerobatic display team
Garrison/HQKubinka Air Base
Moscow Oblast, Russia
ColorsWhite, Red, Dark Blue
Aircraft flown
Fighter6 MiG-29

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

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