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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.
MiG I-300 (F) - prototype for MiG-9, 1946; MiG's first jet fighter design; MiG I-301 (FS) - production version of MiG-9; MiG I-301T (FT) - experimental two-seat trainer version of MiG-9, 1946; first Soviet aircraft with an ejection seat; MiG I-302 (FP) - experimental version of MiG-9 with the N-37 cannon moved to the side of the fuselage
Wikipedia convention is to use the Soviet or Russian names and designations for these aircraft, not the post-World War II NATO reporting names, although these will be used as redirects to guide the reader to the desired article. The reporting names assigned by Western intelligence agencies listed here are provided for ease of reference; they ...
The MiG-15, which gained fame during the Korean War, and later models like the MiG-21 and MiG-29, were celebrated for their speed, agility, and advanced technology. Besides their well-known production planes, Mikoyan also developed experimental aircraft to explore new aviation technologies.
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 first letter indicates the type of aircraft, e.g., "Bear" for a bomber aircraft refers to the Tupolev Tu-95, or "Fulcrum" for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 fighter aircraft. For fixed-wing aircraft, one-syllable names are used for propeller aircraft and two-syllable names for aircraft with jet engines. This distinction is not made for ...
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.