Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

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Soviet aircraft jet fighter aircraft military aircraft

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a pioneering Soviet jet fighter of the early Cold War era, renowned for its swept-wing design and major role in the Korean War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
MiG-15 2
MiG-15UTI 1
MiG-15bis 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet aircraft ⓘ
jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
armament 1 × 37 mm cannon ⓘ
2 × 23 mm cannon ⓘ
configuration mid-wing monoplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Artem Mikoyan ⓘ
Mikhail Gurevich ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
enteredService 1949 ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1947-12-30 ⓘ
height 3.7 m ⓘ
historicalSignificance key Soviet fighter in the Korean War ⓘ
one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters ⓘ
introduced 1949 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length 10.1 m ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
manufacturer Mikoyan design bureau ⓘ
surface form: Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau
maximumSpeed about 1,075 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight approximately 5,000 kg ⓘ
NATOReportingName Fagot ⓘ
notableOpponent North American F-86 Sabre ⓘ
notableVariant Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MiG-15UTI

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MiG-15bis
numberBuilt over 13,000 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
powerplant Klimov VK-1 ⓘ
surface form: Klimov VK-1 turbojet
predecessor Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 ⓘ
primaryUsers Chinese Air Force ⓘ
surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force

Polish Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
productionEnd 1950s ⓘ
productionStart 1949 ⓘ
range about 1,200 km ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 15,500 m ⓘ
successor Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 ⓘ
tailConfiguration swept tailplane ⓘ
trainerVariantNATOReportingName Midget ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
wingConfiguration swept wing ⓘ
wingspan 10.08 m ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 → developedFrom → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 → licenseBuiltVariant → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shenyang J-5
Soviet Air Forces → notableAircraft → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
North American F-86 Sabre → notableOpponent → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 → notableVariant → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MiG-15bis
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 → notableVariant → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MiG-15UTI
Soviet Air Defense Forces → operatedAircraft → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MiG-15
VVS → operatedAircraftModel → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MiG-15
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 → succeededBy → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ