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MiG-15
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A Korean People's Army Air Force MiG-15 at the Chinese Aviation Museum
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin USSR
Manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich
First flight 30 December 1947
Introduction 1949
Status In limited service with the Korean People's Army Air Force
Primary users Soviet Air Forces (historical)
People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical)
Korean People's Army Air Force
Number built 13,130 in the USSR + at least 4,180 under license
Developed into Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

MiG-15 Fagot was a jet combat airplane designed by Mikoyan, a Russian airplane company. It was intended as an interceptor but fought more often as an air superiority fighter. It first flew in 1947, and went in military service in 1949. It was one of the first to use a swept wing. It first fought in the Korean War, where it defeated the American Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. To try to beat the MiG-15, the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was brought in. Today, it is used to train new pilots.

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    MiG-15bis at Monino Aircraft Museum

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    No Kum-sok's MiG-15 on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

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    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighters curving in to attack U.S. Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers over Korea, c. 1951

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    MiG-15 from the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in North Korea.

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    MiG-15 delivered by the defecting North Korean pilot No Kum-Sok to the US Air Force

  • MiG-15 wreck salvaged by UN forces Korea 1951

    Photograph of a wrecked Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter that was analyzed by United Nations' forces in the Korean War.

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    Egyptian MiG-15bis, Lake Bardawil, 1956

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    SB Lim-2 of the Polish Air Force

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    MiG-15 in National Air & Space Museum. Taken in April 2004.

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    WSK-Mielec Lim-2 (Polish-built MiG-15bis, c/n 1B01006) at the Auto- und Technikmuseum Sinsheim.

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    CS-102 (Czech-built MiG-15UTI) at Dirgantara Mandala Museum in Indonesia

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    No Kum-sok's MiG-15 at the NMUSAF

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    MiG-15 at the Air Zoo

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    MiG-15UTI at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum

  • MiG-15UTI trainer at Evergreen Aviation Museum

    MiG-15UTI

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