MiG-17 Fresco in Action
Author : Hans-Heiri Stapfer
Publisher : Squadron/Signal Publications
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 10,30 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780897472777
MiG-17 Fresco Walk Around
Author : Hans-Heiri Stapfer
Publisher : Squadron/Signal Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 9780897475129
Book Description
The MiG-17 'Fresco' followed the MiG-15 'Fagot' into Soviet Air Force service and evolved into a highly maneuverable, reliable and easy-to-maintain air combat fighter. One of the most widely exported fighters of all time, the MiG-17 saw service in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, including combat in a number of air forces around the world. Every detail of this Cold War fighter aircraft is illustrated with over 200 color and b/w photos, line drawings and 12 color profiles.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Author : Yefim Gordon
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 2002
Category : MiG-17 (Jet fighter plane)
ISBN : 9781857801071
Book Description
During the 1950s, the Soviet Union produced and used around 9,000 MiG-17s. First flown in January 1950, it is an extensively upgraded MiG-15 with a redesigned scimitar wing and lengthened fuselage, and known to NATO as "Fresco". The type was built under various designations including the Polish Lim-5P and Lim-6bis and the Czech S-105, and served not only with the Soviet armed forces but with the military in other Warsaw Pact nations, and further afield including Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Morocco, North Korea, North Vietnam, and Syria. The Chinese built the MiG-17 as the Shenyang F-4. The type saw combat in the Middle East against Israel, in North Vietnam, and in Nigeria during the Biafran War. As the later MiG-19 (which will be covered in a forthcoming Aerofax volume) was introduced, the MiG-17 was relegated mostly to the ground-attack role, replacing the MiG-15.
MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War
Author : István Toperczer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782006869
Book Description
The erstwhile enemy of the USAF and US Navy during the nine years of American involvement in the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) quickly grew from an ill-organised rabble of poorly trained pilots flying antiquated communist aircraft into a highly effective fighting force that more than held its own over the skies of North Vietnam. Flying Soviet fighters like the MiG-17, and -19, the VPAF produced over a dozen aces, whilst the Americans managed just two pilots and three navigators in the same period.
Mikoyan MiG-17: Famous Russian Aircraft
Author : Yefim Gordon
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2016
Category : MiG-17 (Jet fighter plane)
ISBN : 9781857803723
Book Description
While the agile MiG-17 jet fighter is best known for air battles during the Vietnam War, this book describes the complete history and variants of the Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 and charts its combat operations in various Cold War-era conflicts. Illustrated with 1,200 photos and color profiles, this comprehensive book is a must-have for aviation enthusiasts and modelers.
MiG-17/19 Aces of the Vietnam War
Author : István Toperczer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472812573
Book Description
At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) were equipped with slow, old Korean War generation fighters – a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s – types that should have offered little opposition to the cutting-edge fighter-bombers such as the F-4 Phantom II, F-105 Thunderchief and the F-8 Crusader. Yet when the USAF and US Navy unleashed their aircraft on North Vietnam in 1965 the inexperienced pilots of the VPAF were able to shatter the illusion of US air superiority. Taking advantage of their jet's unequalled low-speed maneuverability, small size and powerful cannon armament they were able to take the fight to their missile-guided opponents, with a number of Vietnamese pilots racking up ace scores. Packed with information previously unavailable in the west and only recently released from archives in Vietnam, this is the first major analysis of the exploits of Vietnamese pilots in the David and Goliath contest with the US over the skies of Vietnam.
MiG Aces of the Vietnam War
Author : István Toperczer
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780764348952
Book Description
Based on research and personal interviews, this book presents the most successful North Vietnamese pilots' careers from their training years to their missions and aerial victories. There were nineteen aces in the Vietnamese People's Air Force during the war. An additional eight MiG pilots were also successful in dogfights; each claimed four aerial victories. More than 240 illustrations feature rare war-era photography, color MiG profiles, maps of air engagements, and lists of air victories and losses that reconstruct the events that took place over North Vietnam from 1965 to 1973.
F-8 Crusader vs MiG-17
Author : Peter Mersky
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,77 MB
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 178200811X
Book Description
Revered by Naval Aviators as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader enjoyed great success against VPAF MiG-17s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1966–68. But, the MiG-17's unequalled low-speed manoeuvrability, small size and powerful cannon armament meant that the American forces didn't have it all their own way. This fully illustrated book, featuring photographs, maps and battlescene artwork, reveals the tactics that were developed by pilots on both sides to give themselves the edge in air-to-air dogfights, allowing the reader to understand how the differing design and development doctrines played a part in combat.
Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 and Polish Versions
Author : Prezemyslaw Musialkowski
Publisher : MMP
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,75 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Air warfare
ISBN : 9788363678272
Book Description
This new title in the established and popular "Polish Wings" series tells the story of the MiG-17 aircraft and Polish built versions in the Polish Air Force. The acquisition and operations of these aircraft in Poland is told in detail, illustrated with many previously unpublished photos. Color schemes and markings are described and illustrated.
Mikoyan-Gurevitch MIG 15 & 17
Author : Gérard Paloque
Publisher : Planes and Pilots
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,64 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9782352503309
Book Description
At the beginning of the Korean War, the west discovered the MiG-15, the first mass-produced jet fighter built in the Soviet Union. This small device entered service at the end of 1950 in its improved version, the MiG-15bis, and in turn was quickly deployed to Korea where, with its powerful armament and handling, it was an unpleasant surprise for the forces of the United Nations, after finding their air superiority with the arrival of the latest version of the famous F-86 Sabre. While the "bundle" - a nickname given by NATO to the MiG-15 - was barely in use, MiG conceived its successor, the more efficient and wing modified MiG-17 ("Fresco"). The type was withdrawn from service in the USSR in the late sixties, however it had great success abroad. The "Fresco" was the most exported Soviet fighter until the arrival of its indirect successor, MiG-21 (see Planes & Pilots No. 12).
