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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 ( Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) [ 1] is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and Poland as the PZL ...
Cessna 208B at Shindand Air Base. A-29 Super Tucano. C-130 Hercules. MD 530F firing off its gun pods. Mi-17. Mi-35. UH-60A Black Hawks at Kandahar Airfield. Aero L-29 Delfín :24 received from 1978 and serving up to 1999 [ 1] Aero L-39C Albatros: 35 received from 1977, three reported in use in 1999 by Dostum-Gulbuddin Militia, three remaining ...
MiG I-7 - heavy interceptor fighter prototype developed from the I-3, 1957. MiG I-75 - swept-wing interceptor developed from the I-7, 1958; lost to the Sukhoi Su-9. Ye-8 - supersonic jet fighter aircraft prototype, 1962; planned replacement of the MiG-21. Ye-150 family - prototype interceptors in the 1950s.
An-24, PAC P-750. The Korean People's Army Air Force ( KPAF; Korean: 조선인민군 공군, romanized : Chosŏn-inmin'gun konggun; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 空軍 ) is the unified military aviation force of North Korea. It is the second largest branch of the Korean People's Army comprising an estimated 110,000 members. [ 5] As of 2024, it is ...
Iraq had been initially interested in acquiring the JF-17 fighter aircraft to modernize its airforce since 2023. [ 165 ] [ 166 ] After initially acquiring a batch of 12 PAC MFI-17 Mushshak trainer aircraft in the same year, Iraq signed a contract with Pakistan to buy 12 additional Mushshak trainers as well as 12 JF-17 Block III fighters at a ...
The MiG-21 N. 4324 of the Vietnam People's Air Force. This fighter aircraft, flown by various pilots, was credited for 14 kills during the Vietnam War. The VPAF did not play a major role during the Ho Chi Minh Campaign in 1975. SA-2s were transported into South Vietnam to counter possible US military air strikes, but the U.S. did not re-enter ...
MiG-15bis and UTI aircraft lined up at Kucova Air Base. The first jet fighter planes equipped by the Albanian Air Force were the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. The Soviet Union provided the MiG-15bis, an improved version of the basic MiG-15 fighter plane that had gained fame in the Korean War. Deliveries began on January 31, 1955.
Quantity. Notes. Fighter aircraft. Shenyang J-5. Fighter. China. 10. The Vietnamese Air Force used J-5s alongside the Soviet supplied MiG-17s for interception missions until the 1990s when they were retired, along with the remaining MiG-19s, being replaced with newer MiG-21s and Su-27s. Shenyang J-6.