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NATO reporting name Common name Faceplate: Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2: Fagin: Chengdu J-20 [2] Fagot: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 [3] Fang: Lavochkin La-11: Fantail: Lavochkin La-15: Fantan: Nanchang Q-5/A-5: Fargo: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9: Farmer: Shenyang J-6 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 [4] Feather: Yakovlev Yak-15/Yak-17: Felon: Sukhoi Su-57 [5 ...
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate swept wings to achieve high transonic speeds.
MiG I-222 (3A) - I-221 with an AM-39B-1 turbo-supercharged engine and other changes, 1943; production version would have been designated MiG-7 (not to be confused with the MiG-3 variant of the same name) MiG I-224 (4A) - I-222 with an aluminum cockpit and special high-altitude propeller, 1944
Commander Peter Carmichael, OBE, DSC (11 August 1923 – 25 July 1997), nicknamed "Hoagy", was a combat pilot with the Royal Navy during and after the Second World War.Later, he became famous during the Korean War for shooting down a jet-engined MiG-15 while flying a piston-engined Hawker Sea Fury, the only recorded victory of a piston-engined aircraft over a jet fighter during the Korean War.
NATO reporting name/Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC) names for miscellaneous aircraft, with Soviet and Chinese designations, sorted by reporting name: Soviet Union/Russia [ edit ]
The F-86 Sabre and the Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighters were the aircraft used throughout most of the conflict, with the area's nickname derived from the latter. Because it was the site of the first large-scale jet-vs-jet air battles, MiG Alley is considered the birthplace of jet fighter combat.
Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 were the aircraft used during most of the conflict, and the area's nickname was derived from them. It was the site of the first large-scale jet-vs.-jet air battles, with the North American F-86 Sabre .
Type NATO Common name 1 Fargo Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9: 2 Feather Yakovlev Yak-15: 3 Lavochkin La-150: 4 Lavochkin La-152: 5 Lavochkin La-156: 6 Lavochkin La-160 Strelka