This Day in Aviation History

December 30th, 1947
First flight of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15; NATO reporting name: “Fagot”) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters, and achieved fame in the skies over Korea, where, early in the war, it outclassed all straight-winged enemy fighters in most applications.

Later, the MiG-15 would also serve as a starting point for the development of the more advanced MiG-17. The MiG-15 is believed to have been one of the most widely produced jet aircraft ever made; in excess of 12,000 were manufactured. Licensed foreign production may have raised the production total to over 18,000. The MiG-15 is often mentioned, along with the North American F-86 Sabre, as the best fighter aircraft of the Korean War, and among the best fighter aircraft of all time….

Source:
Wikipedia, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15

YouTube, MiG-15 : History of the Russian Fighter Jet MiG-15:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhPECeNKI04

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