75 years ago, in late September, the first test flight of the legendary Soviet MiG-17 took place, piloted by then-test pilot Alexander Chernoborov.
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After extensive testing, serial production of this field fighter began in late 1952. These aircraft were also produced under license in Hungary, China, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
The aircraft was powered by a PK-1F engine with a maximum torque of 3,380 kgf/hp afterburner. Its takeoff weight was 5,340 kg, its length was 11.36 m, its wingspan was 9.60 m, its maximum speed was 1,145 km/h, its operational range was 1,240 km, and its service ceiling was 16,600 m.
The aircraft was not deprived of armament, as powerful automatic cannons were used: a 37 mm H-37D cannon and two 23 mm NP-23 cannons.
The Soviet fighter was superior in most of its characteristics, such as maximum ground speed, rate of climb, flight altitude, and vertical maneuverability, to the American F-86 Sabre, the British Hawker Hunter, and the French Dassault IV.
The Soviet aircraft underwent continuous modifications and was used in more than forty countries.
While defending the Soviet Union's airspace, the MiG-17 shot down a significant number of intruding aircraft.
The list of such aircraft began in 1953 with a heavy, four-engine American RB-50G Superfortress reconnaissance plane with a crew of 17. It penetrated our airspace in the Far East. The Americans were the first to fire, and they paid a heavy price, with only one pilot surviving.
The MiG-17 participated in numerous wars and armed conflicts. For example, during the war against the American invasion of Vietnam, these aircraft destroyed, according to official data, 143 American aircraft. MiG-17 losses are estimated at 75 aircraft.
These fighters, armed only with cannons, were highly effective at shooting down the most advanced aircraft in the American arsenal at the time: the F-105 Thunderbolt, F-4 Phantom II, and F-8 Crusader. Several Vietnamese pilots became heroes after each shooting down six or seven enemy aircraft.
These MiG aircraft served in the Soviet Air Force until the 1980s and were used by foreign armed forces for a longer period. Some were still flying in the early 2000s. Now, they can only be seen in museums.
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