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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) [1] is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6.
The first Lim-5 was built in WSK-Mielec on November 28, 1956, replacing the production of the Lim-2 . By production's end in 1960 , 477 Lim-5s were built, becoming Poland's primary fighter. (This number includes the Lim-5R reconnaissance variant, equipped with an AFA-39 camera .)
The Shenyang J-5 (Chinese: 歼-5) (NATO reporting name Fresco [2]) is a Chinese-built single-seat jet interceptor and fighter aircraft derived from the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. [1] The J-5 was exported as the F-5 [3] and was originally designated Dongfeng-101 (East Wind-101) and also Type 56 before being designated J-5 in 1964. [1]
The factory in Mielec was renamed to Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL) - Zakład nr 1 (State Aviation Works, No.1 plant), and turned into a state-owned factory.At first, it undertook aircraft repair works, and produced mostly non-aviation items, such as bus bodies, scales, etc. [3] The first aircraft constructed in Mielec was a simple trainer PZL S-1, flown on 15 November 1945, of which only ...
Despite shooting down nearly 70 Russian airplanes and another 80 helicopters, the Ukrainian air force has suffered its own losses that have given the Russians an even more decisive 10-to-1 ...
PZL (Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze - State Aviation Works) was the largest Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, and a brand of their aircraft. Based in Warsaw between 1928 and 1939, PZL introduced a variety of well-regarded aircraft, most notably the PZL P.11 fighter, the PZL.23 Karaś light bomber, and the PZL.37 Łoś medium bomber.
The first MiG-29 fighter jets sent from Poland have arrived in Ukraine in a major escalation of military backing for Kyiv. Poland and Slovakia became the first Western countries to announce the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. Soviet fighter aircraft MiG-15 A Soviet Air Forces MiG-15UTI two-seater trainer over Duxford Air Festival 2017 General information Type Fighter aircraft National origin Soviet Union Manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich Status In limited service with the Korean People's Army Air Force Primary ...