Russian Knights make Su-30SM debut

The Russian Knights flew four Su-30SMs at LIMA, marking their international debut with the type. Alan Warnes THE RUSSIAN Knights aerobatic team made its international debut at LIMA 17, in Langkawi, Malaysia, with its new Su-30SM Flankers. According to the team leader, Col Andrey Alexeev, the four pilots started training “a month ago”, and between them they have accumulated just 200 hours on the Su-30SM. Eight aircraft have been delivered to the team, but as they are still in a