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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 Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council (AFIC) assigns [1] codenames for fighters and other military aircraft originating in, or operated by, the air forces of the former Warsaw Pact, including Russia, and the People's Republic of China.
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
The August 1st aerobatic team (Ba Yi aerobatic team) initially equipped the fleet with JJ-5 fighter-trainer jets, [citation needed] a Chinese version of Russian made MiG-17. In later years [ when? ] the JJ-5s were replaced by Chengdu J-7 EB, [ citation needed ] then again was replaced by the newer J-7GB (2001).
As of 2015 the company's business offering consists mostly of modernized MiG-29 aircraft. [10] MiG was developing a 4++ fighter, the MiG-35, with the first deliveries expected in late 2019. Mikoyan is set to fly the PAK DP aka MiG-41 their first stealth interceptor in 2025. [11] [12]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 The Lim-6 ( NATO reporting name Fresco ) was a Polish attack aircraft used between 1961 and 1992 by the Polish Air Force . It was a variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 , which was produced in Poland as the Lim-5.
For many observers, the circumstances of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash and the damage to the plane's wreckage recalled the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014. That passenger jet was ...
The first batch of six MiG-35s was ordered in August 2018, [31] and first two serial aircraft were delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces on 17 June 2019. [ 2 ] In 2023, reports have suggested that the aircraft has entered production and is being used operationally in the Russian invasion of Ukraine .