This is a post from a new collection I have started called “Mikoyan and Gurevich Jet Fighters”.
Originally shared by Pete Panozzo
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twin jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable U.S. “Century Series” fighter was the North American F-100 Super Sabre, although the MiG-19 would primarily oppose the more modern McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and Republic F-105 Thunderchief over North Vietnam.
Read more at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19
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