Russian Aerobatics The Swifts And Knights Turns 20

The Russian aerobatics groups known as ‘The Swifts’ and ‘The Russian Knights’ have marked 20 years since the establishment of the ‘Swifts’ team by performing a series of spectacular stunts above the heads of international spectators at a military airfield near Kubinka west of Moscow.

‘The Swifts’ fly MiG-29, and ‘The Russian Knights’, Sukhoi-27 jets. ‘The Swifts’ are the world’s only aerobatics group flying fully armed combat aircraft.