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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fresco canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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