History roared over Barksdale AFB as four MiG-17F Frescos took to the skies in a first-of-its-kind performance during the ...

Hallion writes of the MiG-17: “ [Its] afterburner-sustained turns ... In fact, he is trying to sell the MiG, which is still in flying condition. “My goal was to turn a piece of scrap into ...

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 ...

I was at our airbase at Nanjing and was ordered to take off to intercept the enemy. I was flying a MiG-17 PF with radar. Senior PLAAF officers were visiting the airfield at the time, and the PLAAF ...

While quite slow compared to jets like the MiG-17, the Skyraider’s ability to ... each with 200 rounds, making this a flying arsenal. A-1H Skyraiders served with the US Navy until the early ...