How many air show teams are there in the world? What plane do they use? What about their history?

The Thunderbird Air Show Team of Der Blaue Engel Air Force of the US Navy is an air show team of the US Air Force, which was established in June 1953. Since its establishment, the team has used F84 Thunderbolt, F 100 Super Sabre, F4 Ghost, T38 Trainer and F 16 Hawk Fighter. Thunderbird owns 15 fighter. When visiting the performance, you can also get the guarantee of two large transport planes, C 14 1 and KC 10 tankers. Super-class pilots and super-class training have enabled Thunderbird Air Show Team to reach the super-class performance level. Its performance projects are divided into single, double, four, five, six, eight and nine planes, totaling more than 70 projects, ranking first in the world air show team. The time of the flight show was originally 15 minutes, but now it has reached 40 minutes. There are 23 kinds of performance formations with more than 4 Thunderbird air show teams, the most famous of which are: 4 diamonds; 4 machine arrow shape; 5 machine wedge; 5 machine dart shape; 6- machine wedge; 7 machine dart shape; 8- machine triangle; 8- Machine "room" shape; 9 machine diamonds; 9 machine darts and so on. The top performances are: two planes, one positive and one negative formation, minimum radius hovering, four-plane diamond formation rolling synchronously, four-plane columns tumbling into a diamond formation, five-plane upward flowering and so on. The aerobatic performance of Thunderbird Air Show Team is difficult, with peculiar movements and spectacular scenes. The distance between planes in the formation is usually only 7~9 meters, and the height difference between the upper and lower is controlled within 0.7 meters. "Thunderbird" air show team makes it a world class. Since the establishment of Thunderbird Air Show Team, * * * has performed more than 3,400 times, and the audience has reached hundreds of millions. No other air show team in the world can match it.

Royal Air Force "Red Arrow" Air Show Team

Since 1920, the first flight performance of Henden, the Royal Air Force has always attached great importance to aerobatics. In the peaceful era before the Second World War, two or more biplanes were very close together, and it was impossible to complete the flight show without a good line of sight. With the advent of the jet era, the piston-engine aircraft was replaced by a faster and more amazing new front-line jet fighter.

The first jet group of the Royal Air Force was established in 1947, which was composed of three "vampire" fighters from Odiham Air Group in Hampshire. Although most people know the name "Red Arrow", they seldom know its official name: Lafayette. This title appeared on the squadron helmet, accompanied by nine diamonds and a motto representing great glory. When the performance team showed the queue of seven red mosquito fighters in Vulcan formation for the first time, the colorful circular logo of the Royal Air Force was added to the plane. Since 1968, "Red Arrow" has been performing a formation of nine fighters, and since then, "Nine Fighters Diamond" has become their iconic formation.

French "French Patrol" Air Show Team The French Air Force "French Patrol" Air Show Team was formally established in February 1964. The aircraft of the air show team are painted in the same three colors as the French flag, and the fleet often leaves three colors of smoke in the air when doing air shows. It symbolizes "freedom" (red), "democracy" (white) and "fraternity" (blue), and embodies the brave and romantic tradition of the French people and their wishes for a better future. In fact, France's air show activities are the oldest in the world and internationally recognized as an old-fashioned air show country. 193 1 year, France set up a refitted performance team composed of three Maurane 230 aircraft produced by Maurane Sorni, and named it "patrol", which is also the prototype of today's French "French patrol" air show team. After World War II, French aerobatics flourished again. The second, third and fourth companies of the French Air Force all set up their own air show teams. The planes used mainly include DH 100 vampire fighter of British De haviland company and F84C lightning fighter of American company. 1953, the third company headquartered in Paris was officially named "French patrol" air show team. But a year later, the title was awarded to the second wing stationed in Dijon, which used storm fighters. From 1955 to 1963, many similar wings used the name "patrol". For example, the 20th wing stationed at Cambre base used storm aircraft, the 4th wing stationed at Atin base in Boom used storm and mysterious aircraft, and the 7th wing stationed at Nancy base used seven mysterious aircraft. The second wing stationed in Dijon base has also formed a formation of 5 planes, 7 planes and 12 planes using the "Mystery" aircraft. It was not until1February 1964 10 that the name "French patrol" was truly privatized. The French Defense Minister announced that the aerobatic demonstration team of the Kinlowness Advanced Flight Academy replaced the original named "patrol" demonstration team and became the only official air show team of the French Air Force, which is today's "French patrol" air show team. From 1964 to 198 1, the performance planes used by "French patrol" are CM. 170S "Teacher" jet trainers developed by Fu Jia, France. The performances of its six, nine and 12 aircraft are all as follows. At present, the performance aircraft used by the "France Tour" air show team is the "Alpha Jet" senior coach/attack aircraft jointly developed by France Tour and Germany, which mainly performs flight performances of 7-8 aircraft. There are 10 kinds of large-scale formations commonly used in the "French Tour" air show team, such as: 8-sided cross formation, 8-sided herringbone formation, 8-sided triangle formation, 8-sided diamond formation, 8-sided square formation, 8-sided T formation, 8-sided arrow/swallow/swan formation, and so on. The main performances are: terminal somersault, triangle somersault and diamond review flight, Concorde review flight and arrow flight, wine glass roll, head-to-head roll, Apollo roll, turn around, merry-go-round, assembly somersault, umbrella dissolution, vertical rise, five machines and four machines crossing separately, five. Many of them are unique in the history of the world air show. Since its establishment, the "France Tour" air show team has performed 35~45 performances per year on average, and the total number of performances is close to 1200. And praised by the audience for its superb skills.

Italy Tricolor Sword Air Show Team was formally established on July 196 1, and it is one of the most successful air show teams in the world. Together with the British "Red Arrow" and the French "French Patrol", it is called the three outstanding air show teams in Western Europe. The base camp of the "Tricolor Arrow" air show team is in Waldo, northern Italy, and the performance machine currently used is MB339A(PAN) two-seat trainer developed in Italy. Its pilots are from various combat units of the Italian Air Force. The service period of the pilots should be no less than 6 years, and the flight time should be no less than 1000 hours. "Tricolor Arrow" air show team used American-made (or Canadian-made CL 13 "Saber") F86 fighter in 1968+0- 1963. 5+ 1 lineup was adopted during the performance. Starting from 1964, "Tricolor Arrow" began to be equipped with the G9 1 light attack aircraft of Italian Fiat Company (the first picture model in the first line of this page), and at the same time, the excellent performance team also developed into a 9+ 1 lineup. Starting from 1982, the "tricolor arrow" was replaced by MB339A/PAN two-seat coach/attack aircraft newly developed by Italian Markey Company. The performance mode of "Tricolor Arrow" air show team is formation stunt plus single stunt, and the most distinctive performance items are various 9-plane or 10-plane formation stunts. Performing a solo performance of jejunum insertion, the most famous solo performance is the "drunken" performance-sideslip to make a spiral, which is a very difficult performance project. So far, no air show team from other countries can do this project. The "Tricolor Arrow" air show team will generally prepare three different performance schemes according to the atmosphere and other related conditions at the performance site at that time. The "Tricolor Arrow" air show team often performs air shows at home and abroad, and has also visited some countries and regions such as the United States, Western Europe and Africa. , and had a wonderful performance at the world's major aviation fairs. On average, it performs more than 50 times a year, and the cumulative performance exceeds 1000 times.

The Russian Air Force has three internationally renowned air show teams: Warriors, Swifts and Air hussars. They were established only 1 1 year, and the annual flight training time is only 50 hours; Most performance teams in the United States and Britain have a history of 30-40 years, and the annual training time is as high as 300 hours; However, the performance skills of Russian aerobatics teams are not inferior to those of American and British aerobatics teams, and in some respects, the latter is far behind.

Russian warrior, founded in 199 1, is a diplomatic performance team of the Russian air force. Unusually, the "Russian Warriors" air show team is the only air show team in the world that uses heavy fighter to perform, using Su -27UB fighters, and six air show planes weigh 150 tons. The performance plane was painted in the color of the Russian flag, and the flying team had its own symbol-a diamond shield on a sky blue background. The leading edge of the tail wing of the aircraft is decorated with red arrows, and the main engine is very dynamic. The red star and golden sunrise on the vertical tail are the patterns of the Russian Air Force. Generally, it is not sprayed on the tail wing on combat aircraft, but only decorated on performance aircraft.

Su -27 is considered to be the best fighter in the world today, and the "Russian Warriors" air show team has brought its excellent maneuverability to the extreme. On the group stunt program of Russian Warriors, there are Nesterov's somersault, afterburner, jumping and semi-rolling reversal, head-to-head fall and sharp drop, and Yu Jinhua's flowering, which are amazing. It is particularly worth mentioning that in recent years, aerobatics have been done at low altitude, with a flying speed of 800-900 km/h and an altitude of 60-150 m. No wonder a NATO general exclaimed after watching the thrilling performance of "Warriors": "I don't want to meet these pilots in future air battles." However, some other air show teams can't meet this requirement because of the limitation of aircraft performance. What is even more surprising is that the training time of "Russian Warriors" is only about 50 hours per year, and there are only dozens of performances. Air show teams in most countries, such as Red Arrow in Britain, Der Blaue Engel in the United States and French patrols, have a history of 30-40 years. They complete 300 training hours and perform 100- 150 air shows every year. Despite this, the "Russian Warriors" conquered foreign audiences with superb skills.

However, the "warriors" sometimes get into trouble. 199565438+February 12, in this cold winter, five Su -27 fighters of the "Russian Warriors" air show team mysteriously disappeared over the Cam Ranh Bay military base in Vietnam on the way back from Malaysia International Air Show. The tragedy in Cam Ranh Bay claimed the lives of four outstanding aerobatics pilots of the Russian Air Force. This is a painful day in the history of the Russian Air Force and a sad day in the history of aerobatics in the world.

The Swift Air Show Team of the Russian Air Force was established in 199 1. Swift Air Show Team was formerly the Air Force of kubinka Base in Moscow. Kubinka base is a sacred place in the hearts of Russian fighter pilots, and it is also an aviation school to improve flight technology. For a long time, this flight group has been shouldering the dual tasks of completing normal flight training, performing flight performances for foreign delegations and demonstrating the performance of new aircraft. 199 1 a special flight show center was established on the basis of the group. 1995, in the military parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War, "Swift" flew over Moscow with two other air force air show teams-Russian warriors and air hussars, winning bursts of applause, which was praised as the pride of the Russian Air Force.

Swift's air show team uses a real modern fighter: MIG -29, not a sports plane or trainer specially used for performance. This excellent fighter makes Swift more agile. One of the main tasks of Swift Air Show Team is to show its aircraft to the world and attract foreign buyers. In recent years, many countries, especially Southeast Asian countries, have taken great interest in Russian advanced MIG -29 fighters and ordered them in succession, among which Swift Air Show Team has played an important role. Six-plane performance is the specialty of Swift Air Show Team. In the remaining blank 28 minutes, they arranged a large number of stunt programs of various formations. Their stunts include pyramids, hammers, stars, arrows and crosses. All the air programs of Swift Air Show Team are the crystallization of the collective wisdom of pilots. Every new stunt is simulated by computer in advance and then trained for a long time. Only in this way can we enter the performance program. One of the stunts of Swift Flying Team is that six MIG-29s completed a thrilling somersault in the air with the landing gear extended and the landing lights on. It is said that this was inspired by a flight accident. At that time, a pilot forgot to put away the landing gear when taking off, and only after returning to the ground did he find it was a "wrong flight", but practice proved that MIG -29 had the performance to complete this ultra-dangerous action. Later, "Swift" decided to add this performance to his performance list.

The superiority of Swift Air Show Team lies in their amazing ability to change. Once, the Swift air show team flew to Thailand. After refueling and taking off at the midway airport, the pilot found that the newly added fuel was another kind and burned faster than the usual jet fuel. When they finally landed, Swift had to land under abnormal circumstances because of the exhaustion of fuel, and only succeeded once. It happened that the weather over the airport was inconsistent with the forecast, and the visibility was less than 500 meters. Without knowing the airport or the nearby terrain, all swift calmly landed the plane safely, showing superb driving skills.

China Air Force Bayi Air Show Team, no need to explain! As everyone in China knows, the China People's Liberation Army Bayi Air Show Team was established on 1962125 October, and has used five types of aircraft, namely 歼 5, 歼 6, 歼 5, 歼 7 and 歼 7 E.