All-in-all, VPAF MiG-17 drivers claimed 71 aerial victories against U.S. aircraft versus 63 losses and 49 dead Fresco pilots. The MiG-17 saw service in a total of 20 counties, namely Warsaw Pact ...

In 1963, Vietnamese People's Air Force received their first jet fighter - MiG-17. But they were not yet ... The day ended in the first claimed victories for VPAF jet fighters.

The VPAF had just received a gift of 36 MiG-17 fighters and MiG-15UTI trainers from the Soviet Union, but strategists feared squandering aircraft and pilots against the U.S. strikes. They sat ...