Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco - A Short History

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco was a single-seat jet fighter produced by the Soviet Union. It was a subsonic aircraft, developed mainly for interceptor duties. The MiG-17 served in the Vietnam War, and was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6.
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[@LegioXIVGemini]

Nice video!

[@A_Short_History]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@HankyInTheTanky]

Any chance of a vid for the MiG-3, 9, 29, and 35?

[@A_Short_History]

It might happen 😀

[@HankyInTheTanky]

@@A_Short_History sweet, I'm big MiG fan and I enjoyed watching your short history vids you've done so for on them

[@jg3000]

This aircraft was killing next generation fighters in vietnam.