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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.
When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
NATO reporting name/ASCC names for miscellaneous aircraft, with Soviet designations, sorted by Soviet designation: ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI "Midget"
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 Fighter, MiG's first supersonic fighter, first mass-produced supersonic fighter, prototype ...
This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational types regardless of era. It also includes both native Soviet designs, Soviet-produced copies of foreign designs, and foreign-produced aircraft that served in the military of the Union of ...
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]
MiG-15 Listed by independent sources but not the USAF report. [59] Also claimed 6 kills in World War II. [63] Arkady Boitsov: Major 6 16th Fighter Air Regiment MiG-15 Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. [19] [64] Boris Bokach: Captain 6 196th Fighter Air Regiment MiG-15 Vladimir Khvostontsev: unknown 6 unknown: MiG-15 Listed by the USAF report as ...
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.