Here's another video from the Russian Knights closure flight display on the last day of the show this year (September 1st) but filmed with a different camera (more stable shots, less image quality).

If you haven't seen this yet, here are some of my best videos of the team:
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The Knights performed an amazing show, combining their usual team formation flights with duo, solo and thrust vectoring demonstrations to complement the flight performance, making it one of the most varied and complete demonstrations in the entire world!

The Russian Knights (Русские Витязи) is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force. Originally formed on April 5, 1991 at the Kubinka Air Base as a team of six Sukhoi Su-27s, the team was the first to perform outside the Soviet Union in September 1991 when they toured the United Kingdom. The SU-27s were replaced with six Su-30M2s later on, and recently the whole team migrated again to the SU-30SM multirole fighter featuring canards, thrust vectoring and dual cockpits.

In this sense they became the second aerobatic team in the world to use thrust vectoring jets (first were the Russian Falcons that performed with the same aircraft as soon as 2015 and later replaced them by SU-35S). It is noteworthy as well that apart from traditional formation flight exhibition, the team is starting to introduce post-stall maneuvers that take advantage of the thrust vectoring nozzles into the solo display section of their show.

The team operates from the Kubinka air force base, west of moscow, in conjunction with the 'Strizhi' (Swifts) aerobatic team that still use MiG-29 fighter aircraft. From time to time it is possible to see both teams performing together.

The Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft (Сухой Су-30CM; NATO reporting name: Flanker-H; SM stands for production, modernized)
was developed by JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau for the Russian Air Force. It is an advanced derivative of the Su-30MK combat aircraft family. It is designed both to gain air superiority and engage ground and surface targets. The aircraft uses canard surfaces and TVC (thrust vector control) engines, a combination that allows the aircraft to perform post-stall, high angle of attack maneuvers that very few fighter jets can match. Its available weapons include a wide range of air-to-air missiles and precision-guided air-to-ground munitions as well as a large-caliber automatic cannon. Being a bi-seater, the Su-30SM can also be used to train pilots to fly advanced single-seat fighter jets. These aircraft have been in production for the Russian Air Force since 2012. The first SU-30SM performed its maiden flight on 21 September 2012.

The 30SM is a specialised version of the thrust-vectoring Su-30MKI and MKM export variants that have been adapted and further modernized for use within the Russian military. It is produced by the Irkut Corporation. Russia's Defence Ministry was impressed with the MKI's envelope and performance so 30 Su-30SMs were ordered for the Russian Air Force in early 2012. A contract for 60 more of the multirole fighter was signed later on. Russia currently has 80 jets of the type in service within its military and some have already seen action for the first time in Syria.

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