“The Russian Knights” aerobatic team will soon be handed over four new Su-35S aircraft built at the Gagarin Sukhoi Aviation Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. All combat winged vehicles are equipped as standard, ”TASS quoted the company as saying.
The aircraft will be transferred to the composition of the group in early November.
“During its existence, the Russian Knights flew on the Su-27, Su-30. The time has come for our Su-35s, ”Mikhail Chipizubov, the chief of the flight test station of the aircraft factory, quoted in the Sukhoi.
Russian Knights is the only aerobatic team showing aerobatics on the Su-27 and Su-30SM heavy fighters.
In March, the Russian Knights completed the destruction of air targets by launching guided air-to-air missiles.