Summary and Key Points: The MiG-17 Fresco, a Soviet-designed fighter jet, made its maiden flight in January 1950 and was introduced in October 1952, just missing out on combat in the Korean War.

The Soviet-era MiG-17 fighter platform is perhaps best recognized for its role in the Vietnam War. In 1965, North Vietnamese pilots quietly approached a pair of American F-8E Crusader fighter bombers ...

Designed at the height of the Cold War, the MiG-17 (Mikoyan-Gurevich) was one of the most iconic fighters of Soviet military aviation. Originally created to replace the MiG-15, which had already shown ...

In the early years of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union were engineering and producing new fighter jets and bombers at a historic rate. The Korean War saw the first combat ...