Categorized as a first-generation jet fighter, it was designed with the straight-style wings common to piston-engined fighters. The MiG-9 was a troublesome design that suffered from weak, unreliable engines and control problems. It used a pair of reverse-engineered German BMW 003 engines. The first turbojet fighter developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB was the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9, which appeared in the years immediately after World War II. MiG-15 UTI Trainer version, Chino Planes of Fame Air Museum The MiG-15 remains in service with the Korean People's Army Air Force as an advanced trainer. Licensed foreign production may have raised the production total to almost 18,000. The MiG-15 is believed to have been one of the most produced jet aircraft with more than 13,000 manufactured. When refined into the more advanced MiG-17, the basic design would again surprise the West when it proved effective against supersonic fighters such as the Republic F-105 Thunderchief and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in the Vietnam War of the 1960s. In combat over Korea, it outclassed straight-winged jet day fighters, which were largely relegated to ground-attack roles, and quickly countered the similar American swept-wing North American F-86 Sabre. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate swept wings to achieve high transonic speeds. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ( Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15 USAF/DoD designation: Type 14 NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. People's Liberation Army Air Force (historical)ġ3,130 in the USSR + at least 4,180 under license.
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