ANGKASAREVIEW.COM – Sejak dibentuk pada 5 April 1991, tim aerobatik Angkatan Udara Rusia, Russkiye Vityazi atau Russian Knights (Para Kesatria Rusia), semakin menunjukkan tingkat kematangannya.
Di usianya yang ke-27, tim tidak lagi menggunakan pesawat lama sang legendaris Su-27 Flanker, namun telah beralih ke pesawat generasi penerusnya yaitu Su-30SM.
Bila dulu Russian Knights tampil dengan enam jet Su-27, kini tim berkekuatan delapan Su-30SM. Berapa unit yang ditampilkan, disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan. Rata-antara antara enam hingga delapan pesawat.
Di peringatannya yang ke-27, kantor berita TASS menampilkan foto-foto sang tim aerobatik kebanggaan Rusia itu. (RON)
Marina Lystseva/TASS 
Marina Lystseva/TASS MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA – AUGUST 27, 2017: Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets of the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team perform a demonstration flight as part of the Army-2017 International Military-Technical Forum, at the Kubinka air base outside Moscow.
Sergei Bobylev/TASS VORONEZH REGION, RUSSIA – JUNE 17, 2017: Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets of the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team perform at the Aviamix airshow, the opening event for the 2017 Aviadarts military aviation competition, at the Pogonovo range.
Sergei Bobylev/TASS VORONEZH REGION, RUSSIA – JUNE 17, 2017: Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets of the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team perform at the Aviamix airshow, the opening event for the 2017 Aviadarts military aviation competition, at the Pogonovo range.
Sergei Bobylev/TASS VORONEZH REGION, RUSSIA – JUNE 17, 2017: Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets of the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team perform at the Aviamix airshow, the opening event for the 2017 Aviadarts military aviation competition, at the Pogonovo range.
Vladimir Smirnov/TASS SEVASTOPOL, RUSSIA – JUNE 5, 2016: Sukhoi Su 27 fighter jets from the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team perform stunts over Sevastopol during the closing ceremony of the Crimean leg of the 2016 Aviadarts military aviation competition.
Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, RUSSIA – MAY 7, 2017: Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft of the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team and Mikoyan MiG-29 multirole fighter aircraft of the Strizhi [Swifts] aerobatic team fly over Moscow during a dress rehearsal of the upcoming 9 May military parade marking the 72nd anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Marina Lystseva/TASS MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA – AUGUST 27, 2017: Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets of the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team perform a demonstration flight as part of the Army-2017 International Military-Technical Forum, at the Kubinka air base outside Moscow.
Marina Lystseva/TASS DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 13, 2017: Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters of the Russkiye Vityazi [Russian Knights] aerobatic team on display at the Dubai Airshow 2017 international aerospace event.
Marina Lystseva/TASS ZHUHAI, CHINA. NOVEMBER 11, 2014. Members of the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team seen at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.
Marina Lystseva/TASS ZHUHAI, CHINA. NOVEMBER 11, 2014. Members of the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team seen at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.