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.
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