They plan to appoint a pilot from the Falcons of Russia
RIA News. Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant-General Viktor Bondarev intends to appoint the pilot of the other aerobatics group “Falcons of Russia” from Lipetsk aviation center Maxim Musatov to be the new commander of the Swifts aerobatic team.
Earlier it was reported that in the beginning of October a criminal case was opened against the commander of the Strizhy aerobatic team Valeriy Morozov. According to investigators, he allegedly demanded money from his subordinates for a free schedule of visits to the service. The Ministry of Defense 12 November, without waiting for the end of the investigation, dismissed Morozov "for non-compliance with the terms of the contract." The lieutenant colonel appealed against his dismissal in court.
The most likely candidate for the post of commander "Swifts" was called Major Maxim Musatov 1979, born. A military pilot of the first class from the composition of another group of aerobatics "Falcons of Russia" from the Lipetsk aviation center.
"Well, it has not yet been appointed, and only the Minister of Defense can be appointed by order, therefore, not yet. Yes, I plan to appoint Major Musatov," the commander told reporters during his visit to Voronezh.
Musatov in 2002 graduated from the Krasnodar military aviation institute. During the service he mastered the aircraft L-39, MiG-29, Su-27 and Su-30. The total flying time on these types of aircraft is more than a thousand hours.
Married, has three children. Awarded the medal of Nesterov.
"Strizhi" is an aerobatic flight group of the Russian Air Force, formed in 1991, which performs group and single aerobatics on MiG-29 fighters.
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