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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 Shenyang J-5 (Chinese: 歼-5) (NATO reporting name Fresco [2]) is a Chinese-built single-seat jet interceptor and fighter aircraft derived from the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. [1] The J-5 was exported as the F-5 [3] and was originally designated Dongfeng-101 (East Wind-101) and also Type 56 before being designated J-5 in 1964. [1]
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.
In 1940 Mikoyan and Gurevich designed and built the high-altitude MiG-1 fighter plane, starting from a project partially developed by Polikarpov's team. The improved MiG-3 fighter aircraft was widely used during World War II. In the years after the war, the two designed the first Soviet jet fighters, including the first supersonic models.
Mikoyan was the successor to the Soviet Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau (Микоя́н и Гуре́вич, МиГ; OKB-155 design office prefix MiG) founded in 1939 by aircraft designers Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. Mikoyan were notable for their fighter and interceptor aircraft which became a staple of the Soviet Air Force and ...
J-2, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. Shenyang J-5, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. Shenyang J-6, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. Chengdu J-7, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. Production was moved to Chengdu in the 1970s. [citation needed]
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
Over 18,000 MiG-15s were eventually manufactured, then came the MiG-17, and MiG-19. The MiG-15s were the jets used during the Korean War by Communist forces, and " MiG Alley " was the name given by U.S. Air Force pilots to the northwestern portion of North Korea , where the Yalu River empties into the Yellow Sea .