Swifts (aerobatic team)
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.
Strizhi (Swifts) 237 TsPAT (237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment) | |
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![]() MiG-29UB of Swifts at Kubinka air base | |
Active | 6 May 1991 – present |
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Role | Aerobatic display team |
Garrison/HQ | Kubinka Air Base Moscow Oblast, Russia |
Colors | White, Red, Dark Blue |
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Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | 6 MiG-29 |
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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