that have yet to establish a link on the WWW.
Flight
Demonstration Teams
that have yet to establish a link on the WWW.
| 1. Asas de Portugal | 8. Four MiG-21bis | 15. Panji Wira | 22. Team 60 |
| 2. Biele Albatrosy | 9. Four MiG-29s | 16. Patrulla Aguila | 23. Test Pilots |
| 3. Black Eagles | 10. Iskry | 17. Ruskiye Vityaze | 24. Thunder Tiger |
| 4. Black Knights | 11. Israeli Aero Team | 18. Silver Swallows | 25. Ukranian Falcons |
| 5. Blue Diamonds | 12. Letece Zvezde | 19. Silver Valke | 26. |
| 6. Duha | 13. Midnight Hawks | 20. Strizhy | 27. |
| 7. Elang Biru | 14. Mig-29 Team | 21. Surya Kiran | 28. |
| Surya Kiran (Sun Rays) | ||
| Country: | India. | |
| Unit: | Training Command | |
| Home Base: | Bidar Air Force Station. | |
| Status: | Operational. | |
| Team Size: | Seven Hindustan HJT-16 Kiran II. | |
| Team Strength: | Seven Kirans (Basic Jet Trainer and Light Attack). | |
| Background: | Formed on 27 May 1996, Surya Kiran
have replaced the Bharatiya Vayu Sena's (BVS - Indian Air
Force) Hawker Hunter-equipped national team, the
Thunderbolts of No 20 Squadron. The team made their
public debut during Air Force Day on 8 October 1996, at
Palam AF Atation. Team pilots are all qualified flying
instructors with many hours experience on front-line BVS
fast jets - MiG-21, MiG-27, MiG-29, Mirage 2000 and
Jaguars. Surya Kiran appear only at BVS displays and national ceremonial events. They are also the first BVS jet aerobatic team to fly aircrafts designed and built in India. |
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| Team 60 | ||
| Country: | Sweden. | |
| Unit: | F10 Flygflottilj (No 10 Wing). | |
| Home Base: | Angelholm. | |
| Status: | Operational. | |
| Team Size: | Six Saab Sk60 trainer and light attack aircrafts. | |
| Team Strength: | Seven Saab SK60 trainer and light attack aircrafts. | |
| Background: | Formed in 1976 with the basic Saab
SK60A trainer, Team 60 celebrated its 20th anniversary in
1996 and then stood down for the following airshow
season. The reason lay in the complete re-organisation
taking place within the Svenska Flygvapnet (Swedish Air
Force) and in a conversion programme being conducted to
uprate the Saab SK60 trainer and light attack aircraft
jet with Williams-Rolls Royce FJ 44-1C engines. The new
version is designated SK60W. Team 60 made their debut at the Swedish Air Force's 50th Anniversary Airshow at Malmen. They rarely strayed outside Sweden until their UK debut at Boscombe Down's Air Tournament International in June 1992, after which Team 60 have made a number of appearances at Western European airshows. Team 60 won the Sir Douglas Bader Trophy at Royal IAT 96 for the Best Overall Flying Display. |
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| Test Pilots | ||
| Country: | Russia. | |
| Unit: | Gromov Flight Test Research Institute. | |
| Home Base: | Zhukovskii Flight Test Centre Airfield, Moscow. | |
| Status: | Active. | |
| Team Size: | Two Sukhoi Su-27 'Flankers' | |
| Team Strength: | Four 'Flankers' : - 1 x Su-27P Single-seat Interceptor/Escort Fighter. 1 x Su-27SK Single-seat Research Interceptor. 2 x Su-30 Two-seat Long Range Endurance Fighter. |
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| Background: | Formed in 1992 and led by the
famous Russian test pilot, Anatoli Kvotchur, the Test
Pilots made their international public debut at the
Woodford Airshow and Biggin Hill Air Fair (20 and 21 June
1992), although Anatoli Kvotchur flew the team's Su-27P
at the Boscombe Down Air Tournament International the
preceeding week-end. The Test Pilots School at Zhukovskii uses the Team's Su-27s and Su-30s for training, although the jets are also employed for equipment research trials. The Test Pilots is the only jet aerobatic team in the World to perform the famous 'Cobra' stall manoeuvre. |
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| Thunder Tiger | ||
| Country: | Taiwan, Republic of China. | |
| Unit: | Republic of China Air Force Academy. | |
| Home Base: | Kangshan Air Force Base. | |
| Status: | Operational. | |
| Team Size: | Six AIDC AT-3 Tse-Chiangs. | |
| Team Strength: | Ten AIDC AT-3s | |
| Background: | Thunder Tiger was formed in the
1950s at Tainan AFB, flying F-84Gs, to represent the new
Nationalist Chinese Air Force. The team flew combat jets
- F-86F, F-5A, F-5E - until they were transferred to the
ROCAF Academy in the mid 1980s and converted to the then
new AT-3s in 1988. The AT-3 is Taiwan's first indigeniously designed and built military aircraft, with 60 serving as the ROCAF's training and light attack jet. All team pilots are instructors with the Academy. Thunder Tiger is the first ROCAF aerobatic team to fly with jets designed and built in Taiwan. |
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| Ukrainian Falcons | ||
| Country: | The Ukraine. | |
| Unit: | Ukrainian Air Force Flight Test Centre. | |
| Home Base: | Kirovskye. | |
| Status: | Operational. | |
| Team Size: | Six VPK-MAPO MiG-29 'Fulcrums'. | |
| Team Strength: | Seven 'Fulcrums' :- 5 x MiG-29A Air Defence Fighters. 2 x MiG-29UB Combat Trainers. |
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| Background: | Formed in 1997, the Ukrainian
Falcons flew their inaugural display at Kiev on 9 May
that year. Their international debut came two months
later at the Royal IAT 97, RAF Fairford. All the team's
MiG-29s are flown by test pilots. The team is the second in the UKrAF's fledgling history. In 1992 a duo of MiG-29s toured North America under the name of Tridents. When the duo ran out of money to support the tour, the pilots returned home leaving their MiGs behind. The recent death of the team's leader (Col Sergei Dudkin) during an unrelated flying accident, casts a question mark over the Falcons' appearances in 1998. By the way, Ukrainian Falcons is the World's latest jet formation aerobatic team to be formed. Please visit their official website. |
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