Fresco

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"Fresco" is the NATO reporting name for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, a Soviet jet fighter aircraft widely used during the Cold War.

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Fresco canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO reporting name
jet fighter aircraft
appliesTo jet fighter aircraft
armament bombs
cannon
unguided rockets
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew 1
designedBy Artem Mikoyan
Mikhail Gurevich
developedFrom Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
engineType turbojet
enteredServiceWith Soviet Air Forces
era early Cold War
firstFlight 1950-01-14
firstIntroducedAsImprovedVersionOf MiG-15
introduced 1952
manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau
maximumSpeed around 1,145 km/h at altitude
NATOReportingName Fresco
notableFeature afterburner-equipped variants
high maneuverability at subsonic speeds
powerplant Klimov VK-1
refersTo Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
role fighter aircraft
interceptor aircraft
status retired from front-line service in most countries
successor Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
linked to: MiG-19
usedBy Angola
China
Cuba
Egypt
Ethiopia
NATO
North Korea
North Vietnam
Poland
Soviet Union
Syria
usedDuring Cold War
usedInConflict Nigerian Civil War
linked to: Biafran secession

Six-Day War
Suez Crisis
Vietnam War
Yom Kippur War
wingConfiguration swept wing

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 NATOReportingName Fresco
subject linked to: Fresco