the air units of the Soviet Air Force. For a single working shift the squadron personnel operated three different aircraft, namely the Su-17, Su-24 and Su-25. In 1989 the Su-17s and the Su-24s were transferred to other units, and the only one attack aircraft in Kubinka became the Grach (or «rook» in English)
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The aircraft got this nickname in Afganistan for
the appearance, reminding the birds that are loved by
the Russians, because when they come the spring begins.
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Taking into account the aircraft characteristics, it was
said that if a pilot was qualified enough, he
would be able to perform aerobatics on this aircraft, despite the fact that it was not designed for a manoeuvre air combat.
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«Sky Hussars» became the world's first aerobatic team,
engaged in aerial acrobatics in combat serial machine of
a class "assault"
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In addition to single aerobatics, Hussars also perform
synchronous and counter aerobatics in the team consisting of
four aircraft su-25
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While the attack is complex in piloting, pilots
the Russian knights: all aircraft - white-red-blue tones.
The
fuselage of the Su-25 is decorated with the emblem: a circle, on a white background which is in the form of a rhombus has four attack aircraft, just below the crossed hussar sabers, the edges of the circle the inscription: Sky hussars, Kubinka.
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The bottom of the fuselage is decorated with
clasp hussar of the g-man. This small detail closed,
speaking the language of designers, the visual image of the aircraft.