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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
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Soviet fighter aircraft MiG-15 PZL Mielec Lim-2, Polish variant of the MiG-15bis 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 users Soviet Air Forces ...
The appearance of the MiG-15 Soviet fighter over the Korean peninsula in November 1950 was initially thought to have placed United Nations aircraft, especially the USAF F-86, at a disadvantage. In a dogfight , the MiG-15 outperformed the F-86 Sabre at higher initial acceleration and could outdistance it in a dive, even though the Sabre had ...
On November 6, 1950, ... {Fighter}(MiG-21PFM,F-5), 66th Air Regiment ... since this fighter plane was then the best the Communist bloc had.
Six divisions of MiG-9s, each with two regiments of 31 aircraft, were transferred to China in November–December 1950 for air defense and training duties. The 17th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (GIAD) defended Shenyang , the 20th Fighter Aviation Division (IAD) guarded Tangshan , and the 65th IAD protected Guangzhou .
Pages in category "1950s Soviet fighter aircraft" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19;
In 1950 the Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) design bureau (also known as OKB-155) began work on a new fighter aircraft, intended to have a greater range than the existing MiG-15 and MiG-17 aircraft, and capable of reaching supersonic speeds in level flight.
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.