Scorpion Aerobatic Team

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Scorpion Aerobatic Team
Scorpion Aerobatic Team
Country: PolandPoland Poland
Currently used aircraft type: 4 × Mil Mi-24
Sponsor: Polish Land Forces
Base airfield: Pruszcz Gdański
Founding: 1999
Colours: Gray, green

The Grupa Akrobacyjna Skorpion (Scorpion Aerobatic Team) is an aerobatic demonstration team of the army pilots of the Polish land forces . You are flying four Mil Mi-24 helicopters. It is one of the few helicopter aerobatic teams in the world and was founded in 1999 by the 49th Combat Helicopter Regiment in Pruszcz Gdański . The team made its first appearance in 1999 in Pruszcz Gdański. Shortly thereafter, the first appearance at the International Radom Air Show followed in 1999.

The team is currently suspended because some of its pilots are deployed in Afghanistan. The Scorpions are one of two aerobatic teams in the world that fly Mi-24s.

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