Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. Most MiG-17 variants cannot carry air-to-air missiles but shot down many aircraft with its cannons. It is an advanced development of the very similar appearing MiG-15 of the Korean War and was used as an effective threat against supersonic fighters of the United States in the Vietnam War.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a jet fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants.1
DAYTON, Ohio - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S.2
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco of the same company (HobbyBoss) and in scale 1:48: MiG-17 Fresco-A 1:48 built by Oliver Peissl on 3
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Made by Mikoyan.

It is the successor of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ,

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is the predecessor of the PZL-Mielec Lim-6.Shenyang J-5.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (NATO reporting name "Fresco") is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft, in service from 1952.5
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17: The Soviet Union's Jet Fighter of the Fifties (Aerofax) Author: Oleksandr74 Date: 2009-11-05 12:34:12 Yefim Gordon - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17: The Soviet 6
the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 in dissimilar air combat training (DACT). It served in that role until 1999.7
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants.8
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People's Liberation Army Air Force
Polish Air Force
Vietnam People's Air Force
Height Main
3.80 m
Height Alt
12
Predecessor
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Engine(jet)
Klimov VK-1F
Length Alt
36
Max Takeoff Weight Main
6069.0
Thrust Main
22.5
Jet Or Prop
jet
Range Main
2020.0
Loaded Weight Main
5350.0
Max Speed Alt
42660.0
Crew
One
Max Speed Main
1145.0
Developed From
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Introduced
October 1952
Range More
with drop tanks
Max Speed More
180000.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
13375.0
Ceiling Main
16
600 m
Number Built
10603
Successor
PZL-Mielec Lim-6
Shenyang J-5
Loaded Weight Alt
11770.0
Thrust Alt
5046
Armament
1380.0
Area Main
22.6 m²
Primary user
Soviet Air Forces
Span Alt
962.66
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Afterburning Thrust Alt
7423
Manufacturer
Mikoyan
Status
Retired
First Flight
14
Number Of Jets
1
Origin
Soviet Union
National Origin
Soviet Union
Climb Rate Main
65 m-s
Type of jet
afterburning turbojet
Climb Rate Alt
12800.0
Variants With Their Own Articles
PZL-Mielec Lim-6
Shenyang J-5
Afterburning Thrust Main
33.8
Length Main
11.26 m
Span Main
9.63 m
Area Alt
243.3
Range Alt
75300.0
Empty Weight Main
3919.0
Ceiling Alt
54450.0
Empty Weight Alt
8640.0
Category
Mikoyan aircraft
Military aircraft of the Vietnam War
Soviet fighter aircraft 1950-1959

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