MiG-17: The Soviet Fighter That Surprised U.S. Pilots ... it redeemed itself nearly a decade later during the Vietnam War. By contrast, guns were a feature conspicuous by their absence from ...

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 ...