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A UTI MiG-15 at the Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim, in 1945–58 Egyptian Air Force markings UTI MiG-15 Samolet ST-2, two-seat trainer armed with a single 12.7 mm A-12.7 machine gun. Also known as the MiG-15UTI. [123] [124] UTI MiG-15P Samolet ST-7, modified UTI MiG-15 with an RP-1 Izumrud radar and armed with a single 12.7 mm UBK-E. One ...
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The system after December 9, 1940 (in accordance with order No 704) used letter abbreviations for the design office, then sequential numbers, sometimes with odd numbers for fighters (e.g. Yak-3, MiG-15, Su-27...) and even numbers for other types (e.g. Il-2, Tu-16, Su-34, Tu-154...). However, this latter rule was not always applied, especially ...
Mikoyan MiG-29: 1,600+ 1983: Fulcrum: Includes trainers. Mikoyan MiG-31 ~500: 1982: Foxhound: Mikoyan MiG-33 – – Fulcrum E: MiG-29M marketing designation. Mikoyan MiG-35 – – Fulcrum F: Prototype for export. Mikoyan LMFS 1.27 – – Light Multi-function Frontal Aircraft. Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152A: 1: 1960–1965: Flipper: Final MiG-21 ...
As a founding member of the Warsaw Pact, Albania received MiG-15 fighter and trainer aircraft in 1955. [2] Additional aircraft were supplied by the Soviets until the Albanian-Soviet split in 1961. [3] In 1963, it was estimated the Albanians operated two squadrons of Soviet-built MiG-15 and MiG-17, and several Soviet transport and trainer ...
On 27 March 1968, Yuri Gagarin, the first man to go into space, died together with pilot Vladimir Seryogin during a routine training flight, after the MiG-15 jet fighter they were flying crashed near Novosyolovo in the Soviet Union. After his death, the Soviet government declared a period of national mourning in the memory of Gagarin.
In 1951, 15 each of de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunks, Percival Provosts and North American T-6s were bought to replace obsolete de Havilland Tiger Moth trainers. With these new aircraft, the RIrAF Flying School was expanded into the Air Force College. The training curriculum was improved, and the number of students graduating each year was ...
The MiG-15UTI and MiG-17 the first combat jet aircraft in the Mongolian inventory, entered service in 1970 and by the mid-1970s was joined by 25 MiG-21s, Mi-8s and Ka-26s. Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa , the first Mongolian to fly into space, was born on 5 December 1947, in the Gurvan-Bulak settlement of Bulgan Province , into the family of a ...