The only sin the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO Codename: Fargo) ever committed was being built in the wrong place at the wrong time. Too close to the MiG-17 to stand out on its own and too close to ...

The MiG-19 was designed to address issues that stemmed from the MiG-15 and similar MiG-17 fighters. While both fighters were capable when compared to their contemporaries, they suffered from ...

With the Cold War in full swing by 1955, three major world powers were pumping out revolutionary aircraft designs at supersonic speeds. The Soviet Union would introduce the MIG-19 twinjet fighter ...

"At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) was equipped with slow, old Korean War-generation fighters--a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s, types that should have ...

Designed at the height of the Cold War, the MiG-17 (Mikoyan-Gurevich) was one of the most iconic fighters of Soviet military aviation. Originally created to replace the MiG-15, which had already shown ...

A lengthy restoration led to outstanding aerobatics in a MiG-17PF: On August 22, 2015, Randy Ball wowed airshow spectators in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with a 575-mph pass in full afterburner. Jon ...

The Douglas Skyraider has been the last piston engine propelled aircraft to shoot down a jet fighter. The last propeller U.S. Navy attack aircraft to disappear from the decks of the flattops was the ...

Two Syrian Air Force MIG-17 interceptor jets landed unexpectedly at an airfield in northern Israel yesterday morning and their phots, two officers, were hustled away for interrogation. An Army ...

The MiG-19 was designed to address issues that stemmed from the MiG-15 and similar MiG-17 fighters. While both fighters were capable when compared to their contemporaries, they suffered from ...