In the season 2015 the\u201cWings of Storm\u201c will display in a formation of five Pilatus PC-9M aircraft, flown by Major Damir Bari\u0161i\u0107 (Team Leader), Captain Ivan An\u0111i\u0107 (Left Wing), 1st Lieutenant Goran Grgi\u0107, (Right Wing), 1st Lieutenant Darko Belan\u010di\u0107 (Slot), 2nd Lieutenant Denis \u017divalji\u0107 (2nd Left Wing); Captain Zvonimir Mravunac is undergoing the training for 2nd Right Wing.
The 20-minute demonstration programme gracing the skies over the Zemunik Barracks featured a series of eye-catching manoeuvres performed by only a few aerobatic groups, such as \u201cbarrel roll\u201c, \u201ccross-over\u201c \u201cmirror brake\u201c, \u201cstall turn\u201c, \u201cmirror turn\u201c, \u201cvertical eight\u201c as well as the Team’s unique \u201ctailslide\u201c manoeuvre.
Following the presentation of the flying programme, the 93rd Base Commander, Colonel Karol Lu\u010dan presented the pilots with the respective badges and certificates.
Commending the outcome of the new Team members’ two-month training Colonel Lu\u010dan stressed: \u201cThe Wings of Storm have presented\u00a0 a new and young team, to continue representing the Croatian Air Force, the Armed Forces and the Republic of Croatia with utmost dignity\u201c.
Major Damir Bari\u0161i\u0107 expressed satisfaction as Team Leader, stressing that the Team was composed of highly motivated and promising pilots, who met the expectations.\u00a0
\u201cWings of Storm\u201c were first presented in public in Knin on 5 August 2015, on the occasion of marking the 10th anniversary of the Police and Military Operation \u201cStorm\u201c.
Presenting the skills and high level of trainedness of the members of the Croatian Air Force the Team has had 107 performances (66 home and 41 abroad, in Romania, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany,\u00a0 Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Italia, Turkey, Poland, Denmark and Switzerland).
Flying the programme the Pilatus aircraft fly at the speed of 550 km\/h at a close distance (-2 m) from each other, and in performing some of the manouevres pilots are exposed to -2.5 Gz to 6.5 Gz. The Team’s performing abilities and the demanding flying figures have won international recognition and invitations to a number of famous air shows and events abroad, repeatedly demonstrating to be among the world’s top teams. They regularly performed at important state and Armed Forces’ ceremonies.
\u201cWings of Storm\u201c have won a number of awards and commendations, such as the Best Aerobatic Team Performance award from the CIAF 2012 in the Czech Republic and from the RDAF Air Show in Denmark. Furthermore, in 2010 the Team was awarded the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence Plaque, the commendation from the Chief of the General Staff and in 2013 they received the City of Zadar Award. As many as 14 pilots flew in the Team since its establishment.<\/p>\n[nggallery id=1754]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 93rd Croatian Air Base \u201cWings of Storm\u201c Aerobatic Team on 27 May 2015 presented the flying programme for the year 2015, marking the 10th anniversary of the Team’s establishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4698,"featured_media":36374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n