the berkuti were founded as a helicopter aerobatic team in 1992 and used first four, later six, mil mi-24 of different versions. the helicopters were painted in the usual camouflage colors, however, had at the height of the cockpit starting a lightning-shaped strip of over the whole length of the hull in the russian national colors (white, blue, red). and on the righthand side in area of the cockpit the team emblem.