Aircraft At The Parade
In order of presentation:
- 3 Mil Mi-8 (with flags)
- Antonov An-124 and 2 Sukhoi Su-27
- Tupolev Tu-160 and 2 Mikoyan MiG-31
- Tupolev Tu-95, Ilyushin Il-78 and 2 Mikoyan MiG-29 (Il-78 and Tu-95 were imitating aerial refueling)
- Ilyushin Il-78, Sukhoi Su-24, Sukhoi Su-34, also imitating aerial refueling
- 3 Tupolev Tu-22M
- 4 Sukhoi Su-25
- 5 Sukhoi Su-27 and 4 Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian Knights and Strizhi)
Training for the parade took two months in Alabino, Moscow Oblast.
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