Here’s What You Need to Know: The MiG-17 was surprisingly nimble — especially in Vietnam, where despite being decades older, slower, and outgunned, it managed to shoot many Americans out of the sky.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In the hands of North Vietnam, the MiG-17 shone. Smaller and slower, the MiG-17 were much lighter and significantly more maneuverable at low speed than the Republic F ...

"At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) was equipped with slow, old Korean War-generation fighters--a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s, types that should have ...

FIGHTERJETS INC partners with the Collings Foundation and Vietnam War Flight Museum for the 2026 airshow season, showcasing ...

NASMAI copy: Gift of Norman Polmar. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!1172995~!0#focus ...

I’m curious, where did the MiG-15s, -17s and -21s that the North Vietnamese used to inflict 83 air-combat losses on the U.S. come from? (“The Ukraine MiG-29 Fiasco Gets Worse,” Review & Outlook, March ...