- Wings of Storm
Wings of Storm (Croatian: "Krila Oluje") is the
aerobatic display team of theCroatian Air Force . The group was officially formed in the spring of2005 , but the group first performed onJune 23 ,2004 during theEurope an sailing championship hosted that year inZadar .Their first official performance was on
August 5 , 2005 over the city ofKnin during the Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day celebrations, as well as the 10th anniversary ofOperation Storm . The performance was a huge success. At the time, the group flew four planes,Pilatus PC-9 M, but grew to current five by autumn of the same year. The current flying program lasts for about seventeen minutes.All pilots are flying instructors in Croatian Air Force, and the team is based at
Zemunik airbase. The base is also used in training of future pilots. The team often trains over Zadar, the city where they first performed in 2004.The team were expected to perform at the
Malta InternationalAirshow both in2006 and2007 , but cancelled on both occasions.Reference
* [http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/0632005/akrogrupa.asp "Sky dancers", Croatian Soldier (military magazine), December, 2005]
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