Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

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Soviet aircraft jet fighter aircraft military aircraft

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
MiG-17	10
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 canonical	9
MiG-17F	2
MiG-17 family	1
MiG-17 fighter aircraft	1
MiG-17 jet fighter	1
MiG-17 jet fighter design	1
MiG-17PF	1
MiG-17PFU	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T412071 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Context triple: [Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, hasAircraftOnDisplay, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17]

A. MiG-29
The MiG-29 is a Soviet-designed twin-engine multirole fighter aircraft known for its high maneuverability and widespread use by various air forces around the world.
B. Su-22
The Su-22 is a Soviet-designed variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber widely exported and used for ground-attack missions by several air forces, including Poland’s.
C. North American F-86 Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre is a transonic jet fighter aircraft famed for its swept-wing design and prominent combat role during the Korean War.
D. Mi-24
The Mi-24 is a Soviet-designed attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport, widely used for close air support and battlefield assault missions.
E. Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a jet-powered American trainer aircraft developed from the P-80 fighter and widely used by the U.S. Air Force and many other countries during the early Cold War era.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Target entity description: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a Soviet jet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1950s, widely used during the Cold War and notably in the Vietnam War for its agility and effectiveness in air combat.

A. MiG-29
The MiG-29 is a Soviet-designed twin-engine multirole fighter aircraft known for its high maneuverability and widespread use by various air forces around the world.
B. Su-22
The Su-22 is a Soviet-designed variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber widely exported and used for ground-attack missions by several air forces, including Poland’s.
C. North American F-86 Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre is a transonic jet fighter aircraft famed for its swept-wing design and prominent combat role during the Korean War.
D. Mi-24
The Mi-24 is a Soviet-designed attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport, widely used for close air support and battlefield assault missions.
E. Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a jet-powered American trainer aircraft developed from the P-80 fighter and widely used by the U.S. Air Force and many other countries during the early Cold War era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet aircraft ⓘ jet fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ
armament	1 × 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon ⓘ 2 × 23 mm NR-23 cannons ⓘ bombs ⓘ unguided rockets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
crew	1 ⓘ
designBegan	late 1940s ⓘ
developedFrom	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
engineType	turbojet ⓘ
enteredService	1952 ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight	1950 ⓘ
introduced	early 1950s ⓘ
licenseBuiltVariant	Lim-5 ⓘ Shenyang J-5 ⓘ linked to: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
manufacturer	Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau ⓘ linked to: Mikoyan design bureau
maximumSpeed	around 1,145 km/h at altitude ⓘ
maximumSpeedMach	approximately Mach 0.93 ⓘ
natoReportingName	Fresco ⓘ
notableFeature	afterburner on later variants ⓘ good performance at high subsonic speeds ⓘ high maneuverability ⓘ
primaryRole	fighter ⓘ interceptor ⓘ
range	around 2,000 km with drop tanks ⓘ
serviceCeiling	around 16,600 m ⓘ
status	retired from front-line service in most countries ⓘ still used as warbird and trainer in some places ⓘ
successor	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 ⓘ linked to: MiG-19
typicalEngine	Klimov VK-1 ⓘ
usedBy	Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ linked to: Chinese Air Force East German Air Force ⓘ Egyptian Air Force ⓘ North Korean Air Force ⓘ linked to: Korean People's Army Polish Air Force ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Syrian Air Force ⓘ linked to: Syrian Arab Air Force Vietnam People's Air Force ⓘ linked to: Vietnam People’s Air Force
usedInConflict	Nigerian Civil War ⓘ linked to: Biafran secession Six-Day War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ
variant	MiG-17F ⓘ linked to: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 MiG-17PF ⓘ linked to: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 MiG-17PFU ⓘ linked to: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
wingConfiguration	swept wing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited