Category:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 , NATO reporting name: Fresco was a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. Most MiG-17 variants could not carry air-to-air missiles, but shot down many aircraft with its cannons. It was 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. It was also briefly known as the "Type 38", by U.S. Air Force designation prior to the development of NATO codes. It was produced by China as Shenyang J-5, and by Poland as PZL-Mielec Lim-5 and Lim-6. More than 10000 aircrafts, all variants, were built.
This page lists all films that feature the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17.
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