The Nebesnye Gusary (Sky Hussars or Celestial Hussars) in English, "Ussari Celesti" in Italian...

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...were a Russian Air Force aerobatic team consisting of five Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft.

The team was founded in 1994 at the 234th Guards Regiment Proskurovsky Exhibition Center of Aviation Equipment named after "I.N. Kozhedub" based at Kubinka Air Base. Initially there was an evaluation trial to equip the team with three different types of aircraft: Sukhoi Su-24M, Su-17 and Su-25, but in the end it was decided that the support of the three individual types of aircraft would be difficult to manage. As a result, it was decided to equip the new team with only four Su-25s along with one spare.
The team's livery was predominantly white, red and blue (the national colours), but after a few air shows in 1997, and only in Russia, the team was disbanded.

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