Manufactured as MiG-17F c/n 1406016, this aircraft was delivered from the Soviet Union to the Royal Moroccan Air Force with the code CNA-FJ (later to become 10-1FJ), and would serve the Moroccan ...

The Soviet-era MiG-17 fighter aircraft is perhaps most recognized for its role in the Vietnam War. During the early 1950’s, the high-subsonic airframe was first produced and would soon be ...

In 2018, Culberson purchased a 1960 MiG-17F/Lim-5 (1726) from an aviation museum in Oregon that was closing. Culberson bought the airframe sight unseen, thinking it would be a good parts aircraft.

MiG-17: The Soviet Fighter That Surprised U.S. Pilots in Vietnam ... All-in-all, VPAF MiG-17 drivers claimed 71 aerial victories against U.S. aircraft versus 63 losses and 49 dead Fresco pilots.

So when he became the owner of a MiG-17 that was destined for a scrapyard in Poland, he was going to finish its restoration, no matter what obstacles he ran into. And he ran into a bunch.

The MiG-17 wasn't the only aircraft developed in the early 1950s to fly in Vietnam. Republic Aviation's F-105 Thunderchief emerged as a supersonic fighter bomber meant to replace the F-84F ...

The MiG-17 was a subsonic aircraft that could only reach speeds of 715 mph. The speed of sound, for the uninitiated, is roughly 761 mph. Granted, speed isn't everything in aerial combat, ...

Russian occupiers have blown up a MiG-17 aircraft monument in the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, where the fiercest fighting is currently taking place. Source: Ukrainian troops deployed in Bakhmut, ...

24/7 Wall St. Insights: The most widely flown Russian aircraft is not actually any single MiG fighter jet, instead it’s the Mi-8/17/171 Hip-H family of helicopters The Mi-8 series was originally ...

The Visit Atlantic City Soar and Shore Festival, a two-day event featuring air shows and other activities, is to take place July 15-16. The air shows are to include a MiG-17 fighter jet, a B-25 ...