Russian Knights Begin Re-equipping with Su-30SMs

RUSSIAN AIR Force aerobatic display team the Russian Knights has received its first Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters. Four were delivered from the factory at Irkutsk to the team’s base at Kubinka on October 14. A welcoming ceremony was attended by Col- General Viktor Bondarev, chief of the Russian Air and Space Forces. The new aircraft, comprising Bort numbers ‘30 Blue’, ‘31 Blue’, ‘32 Blue’ and ‘33 Blue’, will initially supplement and eventually replace the team’s current Su-27s. Four more were due