On May 9, despite the fact that the main part of the parade was postponed, the aviation part of took place. The aviation unit consisted of helicopters and military aviation, starting with a heavy transport helicopter Mi-26, accompanied by four Mi-8 rotary-wing aircraft, and ending with nine Su-30SM and MiG-29 aerobatic teams. "Russian Knights" and "Swifts", as well as six attack aircraft Su-25 "Grach", which painted the sky over Moscow with the smoke of the colours of the Russian flag.