What is Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15?
{|{{Infobox aircraft begin |name= MiG-15 |image= File:DATANGSHAN AVIATION MUSEUM BEIJING CHINA OCT 2012 (8643131848).jpg |caption= A [[Korean People's Army Air Force]] MiG-15 at the [[Chinese Aviation Museum]] }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type= [[Fighter aircraft]] |national origin= [[Soviet Union|USSR]] |manufacturer= [[Mikoyan|Mikoyan-Gurevich]] |first flight= 30 December 1947 |introduced= 1949 |status= In limited service with the [[Korean People's Army Air Force]] |retired= |primary user= [[Soviet Air Forces]] <small>(historical)</small> |more users= [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] <small>(historical)</small><br>[[Korean People's Army Air Force]] |produced= |number built= 13,130 in the USSR + at least 4,180 under license |unit cost= |developed from= |variants with their own articles= |developed into= [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17]] }} |} '''MiG-15 Fagot''' was a jet combat airplane designed by [[Mikoyan]], a [[Russia|Russian]] airplane company. It was intended as an interceptor but fought more often as an [[air superiority fighter]]. It first flew in 1947, and went in military service in 1949. It was one of the first to use a swept wing. It first fought in the [[Korean War]], where it defeated the American [[Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]. To try to beat the MiG-15, the [[North American Aviation]] [[F-86 Sabre]] was brought in. The MiG-15 was then upgraded in to the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG-17]], so the MiG-15 went out of service. Today, it is used to train new pilots and still used by North Korea's Air Force. ==Related pages== *[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17]] *[[F-86 Sabre]] == Other websites == * [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/MiG-15_(fighter) MIG-15] -Citizendium {{Transport-stub}} {{mikoyan}} [[Category:Soviet military aircraft]] [[Category:North Korea]] [[Category:Korean War]] [[Category:1947 establishments]] [[Category:Chinese military aircraft]]