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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19

Fighter aircraft

ManufacturerRussian Aircraft Corporation MiG, Sokol, Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association, AERO Vodochody Aerospace
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twinjet fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable U.S. "Century Series" fighter was the North American F-100 Super Sabre, although the MiG-19 primarily fought against the more modern McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and Republic F-105 Thunderchief over North Vietnam. This aircraft was originally used by the Soviet Union but it was later used by the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China.

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Specifications

Length
12.5 m
Height
3.88 m
Wingspan
9.0 m
Number built
6,500
Introduced
1953
First flight
1953
Entered service
1955

Countries that use it (27)

Afghanistan Air Force of the National People's Army Albania Bangladesh Bulgaria Cambodia China Cuba Czechoslovak Air Force Egypt, Arab Rep. Hungary Indonesia Iraq Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Mozambique Pakistan Poland Romania Somalia, Fed. Rep. Soviet Air Defence Forces Soviet Air Forces Soviet Naval Aviation Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tanzania Viet Nam Zambia

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