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Mig-17
The MiG-17 design was generally based on a previously successful Mikoyan and Gurevich fighter, the MiG-15, which was used most famously during the Korean War. The design of the MiG-17 was undertaken to correct the deficiencies that the earlier MiG-15 had at higher speeds. It was the first Soviet fighter to have an afterburning engine, the Klimov VK-1.
The prototype
was first flown in 1950,with production beginning during 1951, with deliveries
to the Soviet Air Forcebeginning in 1952. Five versions of the aircraft
eventually were produced. Early production MiG-17s were fitted with the
VK-1 engine, a Soviet copy of the Rolls-Royce Nene. The VK-1F, an improved
version with a simple afterburner and variable nozzle, was developed for
the main production version, the MiG-17F (Fresco C). In 1955 the radar
equipped MiG-17PF (Fresco D) entered service as a limited all-weather
interceptor. The MiG-17PFU was armed with four AA-1 "Alkali"
radar-guided missiles, making it the Soviet Union's first missile armed
interceptor. Even though it was considered obsolete by the mid-1960s,
the MiG-17 gave a good account over Vietnam, being flown by most of the
top North Vietnamese pilots, including the leading ace, Colonel Tomb.
The MiG-17 served with nearly 30 air forces worldwide, including the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact countries, China, Afghanistan, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Morocco, Cuba, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
Performance
Maximum
speed: 711 mph at 10,000 ft
Weight: 13,858 lb's fully loaded
Powerplant: 1 Klimov VK-1F afterburning turbojet, 33.1 kN with afterburner
(7,440 lbf)
Armament:
