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A restored MiG-17
Role	Fighter aircraft
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Mikoyan-Gurevich
First flight	14 January 1950
Introduction	October 1952
Status	In limited service
Primary users	Soviet Air Forces (historical) People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical) Polish Air Force (historical) Vietnam People's Air Force (historical)
Number built	10,649 including Polish, Czech and Chinese variants
Developed from	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Variants	PZL-Mielec Lim-6 Shenyang J-5
Developed into	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19

The MiG-17 was an advanced modification of the MiG-15 aircraft produced by the Soviet Union during the Korean War. Production of the MiG-17 was too late for use in that conflict and was first used in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958. While the MiG-17 was designed to shoot down slower American bombers, it showed surprising success when used by North Vietnamese pilots to combat American fighters and fighter-bombers during the Vietnam War, nearly a decade after its initial design. This was due to the MiG-17 being more agile and maneuverable than the American F-4 Phantom and F-105 Thunderchief, which were focused on speed and long range combat, as well as the fact that MiG-17 was armed with guns, which initial models of the F-4 Phantom lacked

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Mikoyan MiG-17 NATO reporting name: Fresco

General Info

Crew: 1
Length: 11.264 m (36 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 9.628 m (31 ft 7 in)
Height: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 22.6 m² (243 sq ft)

Powerplant

Empty weight: 3,919 kg (8,640 lb)
Gross weight: 5,340 kg (11,773 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 6,069 kg
Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-1F afterburning centrifugal-flow turbojet engine, 26.5 kN (6,000 lbf) thrust dry, 33.8 kN (7,600 lbf) with afterburner

Performance

Maximum speed: 1,100 km/h (680 mph, 590 kn) M0.89 at sea level

1,145 km/h (711 mph; 618 kn) / M0.93 at 3,000 m (9,800 ft) with reheat

Range: 2,020 km (1,260 mi, 1,090 nmi) at 12,000 m (39,000 ft) with 2 × 400 L (110 US gal; 88 imp gal) drop-tanks
Service ceiling: 16,600 m (54,500 ft)
g limits: +8

Armament

Guns: **2 × 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 autocannon (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total)
- 1 × 37 mm Nudelman N-37 autocannon (40 rounds total)
Hardpoints: 2 pylons with a capacity of up to 500 kg of stores, with provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets: 2 × UB-16-57 rocket pods for S-5 rockets
- Bombs: 2 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs

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MiG-17s were designed to intercept straight-and-level-flying enemy bombers, not for air-to-air combat (dogfighting) with other fighters. This subsonic (Mach .93) fighter was effective against slower (Mach .6-.8), heavily loaded U.S. fighter-bombers, as well as the mainstay American strategic bombers during the MiG-17's development cycle (such as the Boeing B-50 Superfortress or Convair B-36 Peacemaker.

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MiG-17 Fresco

The MiG-17 was the primary interceptor of the fledgling VPAF in 1965, responsible for their first aerial victories and seeing extensive service during the Vietnam War.

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USAF Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell was "hopping mad" to hear that two Mach-2-class F-105s had been shot down by Korean War-era subsonic North Vietnamese MiG-17s

Russian Aircraft Corporation Mikoyan MiG-17
NATO name: Fresco

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MiG-17 Fresco

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Mikoyan MiG-17 NATO reporting name: Fresco