These legendary aircraft became the first supersonic fighters of the USSR-if the MiG-17 allowed to closely approach the sound barrier, and the most prepared test pilots-and step over it, then the MiG-19 made supersonic the daily norm. These aircraft proceedings are rightfully considered the pride of the Soviet Air Force and the “visiting card” of the domestic aviation industry.
The “Star hour” of the MiG-17 was the Vietnamese War, where the Americans paid two of their planes for each shot down “MiG”, and out of 49 “phantoms”, lost in 1972, 43 were on the account of these fighters. No less impressive results were achieved in the role of interceptors and MiG-19, “flooding” the American strategic intelligence officer RB-47 “Stratodge” over the Barents Sea and more than once stopped the enemy’s reconnaissance flights over the territory of the GDR.
This book restores the history of the creation, production and combat use of the first Soviet supersonic fighters. Collectible publication on coated paper of the highest qualities …
Author
Yakubovich Nikolay Vasilievich
Editor
Nazvinskaya L.
Publisher
Eksmo, 2014
Series
War and we. Aviation collection
Genre
The history of wars
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