Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9

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Soviet aircraft jet fighter aircraft military aircraft

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.

Aliases (1)

MiG-9 ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet aircraft → jet fighter aircraft → military aircraft →
aircraftGeneration	first-generation jet fighter →
airForceDesignation	MiG-9 →
airframeMaterial	all-metal construction →
airIntakeConfiguration	nose intake →
armament	23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon → 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon →
category	Mikoyan-Gurevich aircraft → jet fighters of the Soviet Union →
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union →
crew	1 →
designer	Artem Mikoyan → Mikhail Gurevich →
developedBy	Mikoyan-Gurevich →
developmentContext	post–World War II jet technology program →
engineModel	RD-20 turbojet →
engineOrigin	derived from German BMW 003 →
enteredService	1947 →
era	early Cold War →
firstFlight	1946-04-24 →
introduced	1947 →
landingGear	retractable tricycle landing gear →
manufacturer	Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau →
maximumSpeed	approximately 910 km/h →
natoReportingName	Fargo →
notableAs	first operational Soviet jet fighter →
numberOfEngines	2 →
precededBy	piston-engined Soviet fighters such as Yak-3 →
primaryUser	People's Liberation Army Air Force → Soviet Air Forces →
productionPeriod	late 1940s →
productionStatus	out of production →
propulsionType	twin turbojet →
retired	1950s →
role	fighter → interceptor →
serviceCeiling	approximately 13000 m →
status	retired →
succeededBy	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 →
tailConfiguration	conventional tailplane →
usedFor	air defense → pilot conversion to jets →
usedInConflict	Chinese Civil War (late phase) → Korean War (limited, training and air defense) →
wingConfiguration	straight wing →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 ("MiG-9") →	airForceDesignation
Messerschmitt Me 262 →	inspiredDesignOf
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 →	predecessor