May 06 marks the 25th anniversary since the first performance of Russia's Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team. Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team performs maneuvers on lightweight fighters MiG-29. Together with Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic group they are welcome guests at the largest air shows and festivals around the world. Images of spectacular performances by internationally recognised aerobatic team - in photo gallery by TASS.
25 years of Swifts aerobatic team
May 06 marks the 25th anniversary since the first performance of Russia's Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team
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Mikoyan MiG 29 fighter jets of the Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team flying over Kubinka after a rehearsal for a 9 May Victory Parade commemorating the 71st anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Russian aerobatic teams, Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) and Strizhi (Swifts)
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS A Mikoyan MiG 29 fighter jet of the Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team in Kubinka after the rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS MiG 29 of the Strizhi (Swifts) performing during the International Maritime Defense show in St.Petersburg, 2015
© AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky A pilot of the Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team at the Wings of Parma aviation festival, 2015
© Donat Sorokin/TASS MiG 29 of Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team seen during a celebration marking the Russian air force's 100th anniversary in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, 2012
© AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel MiG 29 fighter jet of Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team seen during Doors Open Day at Kubinka Air Base, 2011
© Dmitry Aleshkovsky/ITAR-TASS People at the Wings of Parma aviation festival at Sokol Air Base
© Donat Sorokin/TASS MiG 29 fighter jet of Strizhi (Swifts) at MAKS (the International Aviation and Space Show), 2009
© AP Photo/Victor Korotayev MiG 29 fighter jets of the Russian aerobatic squadron Strizhi (Swifts) seen at MAKS, the International Aviation and Space Show, 2009
© AP Photo/Viktor Korotayev