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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. 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 ...
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] Fencer: Sukhoi Su-24 [6] Fiddler: Tupolev Tu-28/Tu-128: Fin: Lavochkin La-7: Finback: Shenyang J-8 [7 ...
Liaison aircraft MiG-9: Fargo 1946 Production Fighter, MiG's first jet, prototype called I-300, testbed for variants MiG-15: Fagot 1947 Production Fighter, world's most-produced jet, prototype called I-310 MiG-17: Fresco 1950 Production Fighter, based on the MiG-15 MiG-19: Farmer 1952 Production
MiG-15 in the Korean War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force (USAF) effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter. [1] Communist forces introduced the MiG-15 to Korea on November 1, 1950. [2]
After No surrendered his aircraft, it was taken to Okinawa, where it was given USAF markings and test-flown by Captain H.E. Collins and Major Chuck Yeager. The MiG-15 was later shipped to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after a U.S. offer to return it to its rightful owner was ignored. [8]
The MiG-21 was the most widely produced jet fighter in history. The Korean War of 1950–1953 forced a major reconsideration of aircraft design. Guns proved unsuitable at such high speeds, while the need for multirole capability in battlefield support was rediscovered.
The Lavochkin La-15 (Plant 21 product code Izdeliye 52, USAF reporting name Type 21, [2] NATO reporting name Fantail [3]), was an early Soviet jet fighter and a contemporary of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 [1] which was in service with the Soviet Air Force from 1949 till 1953.
Marketed as a 4++ generation jet fighter, it is a further development of the MiG-29M/M2 and MiG-29K/KUB fighters. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] According to a Russian defense industry source, the Mikoyan MiG-35 is essentially an upgraded variant of the MiG-29KR .