«RUSSIAN KNIGHTS» THE LEADING AEROBATIC TEAM OF

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“Russian Knights” is the first in the world aerobatic team flying heavy fighter jets. All aircraft of the team retain combat capabilities of serial fighter jets.

The group of six aircraft flying in a tight formation: • total weight of nearly 150 tones • total “wing span” exceeding 75 meters 3 TEAM’S HISTORY www.irkut.com / www.russianknights.ru

The Team is established on the basis of 234th regiment, 1st squadron, , on 5 April, 1991. The regiment pursues combat traditions of 176th Guards regiment: • 398 victories in WW2 • 107 victories in Korea

The home base is airfield near Moscow 4 THE TEAM’S www.irkut.com FIRST AIRCRAFT / www.russianknights.ru

Seven Su-27 single-seaters Two Su-27UB two-seaters 5

1991 1992 1993 , Russia, Netherlands, THE FIRST Great Britain, USA, Canada, www.irkut.com Malaysia France Malaysia PERFORMANCES / www.russianknights.ru 6 REGULAR APPEARANCES

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/ AIR SHOWS AND PARADES www.russianknights.ru 7 RUSSIA’S www.irkut.com Su-30SM / www.russianknights.ru

• Supplied to the Russian Aerospace Forces and Naval Aviation • The most common aircraft among new Russian fighter jets 8 TRANSFERRING TO 2013 www.irkut.com Su-30SM familiarization Su-30SM

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Autumn 2016 Su-30SMs accepted from Irkut Corporation www.russianknights.ru 9 SUPERMANEUVERABILITY www.irkut.com / www.russianknights.ru

Su-30SM is the first in the world supermaneuverable fighter operated by aerobatic team 10

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1. Take-off with the use of thrust vectoring 6. Bell with taleslide 2. Barrel while climbing 7. Pullup with 70 … 90-deg pitch, 1.5 barrel 3. Forced 180-deg level turn 8. Wingover split 4. Barrel in level flight 9. Left and right turns 5 5. Barrel in level flight 10. Forced half-loop

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11. Vertical turn 12. Barrel at high angles of attack 13. Transition to level flight with AEROBATICS

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11. Half-roll 17. “Ear” 12. Horizontal group barrel 18. Synchronous barrels GROUP AEROBATICS 13. 270-deg turn 19. Approach to break, DIMOND FORMATION www.irkut.com 14. Oblique loop in close “Fountain break” dimond formation, turn 20. Entering paired / 15. 360-deg turn aerobatics, or landing 16. Oblique half-loop 17 19

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www.irkut.com UNIQUE / CAPABILITIES www.russianknights.ru

• Multirole fighter, progression of Su-30MKI • The unique combination of range and Su-30MKM aircraft and combat load • The first in the world combat aircraft featuring • Capability to engage aerial, ground, supermaneuverability and water-surface targets in one sortie • One of the first fighters in the world equipped • Crew of two facilitates execution with phased array radar of longtime combat missions 15 Su-30MKM

www.irkut.com IN MALAYSIA / www.russianknights.ru

Su-30MKM multirole fighters are successfully operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force 16

Multirole fighters of Su-30MKI type Su-30MKI are successfully operated www.irkut.com in India and Algeria IN INDIA / www.russianknights.ru 17

Since 2015, Su-30SM fighters have been supplied Su-30SM to the Kazakhstan Air Force www.irkut.com IN KAZAKHSTAN / www.russianknights.ru 18 The flights at LIMA’2017 will be the world premiere of the “Russian LIMA’2017 www.irkut.com Knights” flying the new Su-30SM / fighters. www.russianknights.ru THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

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