The MiG pilots had completely misjudged the Skyraiders, possibly assuming their speed advantage would ensure early victory—only to be outfought in close combat, where the A-1H Skyraider excelled.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The MiG-17 was surprisingly nimble — especially in Vietnam, where despite being decades older, slower, and outgunned, it managed to shoot many Americans out of the sky.

Nevertheless according to Donald J. McCarthy, Jr. book, “MiG Killers A Chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam 1965-1973,” the outcome of the air battle during which Kilgus destroyed the MiG-17 ...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 gave the U.S. Air Force all the hell they could handle throughout multiple conflicts across multiple decades. In its day, countless top-of-the-line American fighter jets ...

A Florida company that specializes in secondhand business jets and helicopters also deals in old jet fighters—particularly those from the former Soviet bloc. Raptor Aviation of St. Lucie, Fla., has a ...

Two Syrian Air Force MIG-17 interceptor jets landed unexpectedly at an airfield in northern Israel yesterday morning and their phots, two officers, were hustled away for interrogation. An Army ...

Mikoyan-Gurevich fighter jets, pressed into service by the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War, have been the backbone or Russian, North Vietnamese, and North Korean air forces for ...

Designed at the height of the Cold War, the MiG-17 (Mikoyan-Gurevich) was one of the most iconic fighters of Soviet military aviation. Originally created to replace the MiG-15, which had already shown ...

The only sin the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO Codename: Fargo) ever committed was being built in the wrong place at the wrong time. Too close to the MiG-17 to stand out on its own and too close to ...