Swifts (aerobatic team)

**Strizhi (Swifts)**
**237 TsPAT (237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment)**
Strizhi (Swifts) ; 237 TsPAT (237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment)
	Swifts aerobatic team logo
Active	6 May 1991 – present
Country	Russian Federation
Branch	Russian Air Force
Role	Aerobatic display team
Garrison/HQ	Kubinka Air Base; Moscow Oblast, Russia
Colors	White, Red, Dark Blue
Aircraft flown
Fighter	6 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