The MiG-17, NATO name Fresco, is a transonic fighter produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and flown by air forces around the world. It was an advanced refinement of the MiG-15, with work begun at the Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau in 1949 to fix problems seen in Korean War combat, and it kept the same Klimov VK-1 engine. Too late for Korea, it first saw action in the 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Built under licence in China as the Shenyang J-5 and in Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6, it surprised American pilots over Vietnam, where its agility and guns let it hold its own against the F-4 Phantom and F-105 Thunderchief.
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the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau had already begun work on its replacement in 1949
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Serial production started in August 1951
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the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau had already begun work on its replacement in 1949
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was produced in the Soviet Union from 1952
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is a transonic fighter aircraft
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is a transonic fighter aircraft
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