The Alap-Alap Formation display team was formed on 7 February 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02-07).

[1][2] The Alap-Alap Formation display team uses three of the four RBAirF / TUDB Pilatus PC-7 Mk.II turboprop aircraft purchased from Switzerland in 1997, a low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft powered by a 522 kilowatts (700 shaft horsepower) PT-6A-25C turboprop engine driving a four-blade variable-pitch propeller.

One pilot is local, from the Royal Brunei Air Force, and two remaining pilots are from the British Royal Air Force (RAF), one on loan from the RAF and the other directly contracted to the RBAF.

[4] Alap-Alap Formation have displayed during the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) 50th Anniversary, and continue frequent training.

They are the first team in Brunei to carry out formation aerobatics at low level altitudes of 500 feet (150 metres).