Equipped with the VK-1F, the MiG‑17 was the first Soviet fighter with an afterburner. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, MiG-17s flooded into the United States. Their significance in the ...

this successor MiG-17 had more sharply swept wings, an afterburner, better speed and handling characteristics, and is about three feet (one meter) longer. Additional improvements over the MiG-15 ...

A few volunteers from the Civil Air Patrol squadron in Anchorage, Alaska spend the day polishing the afterburner jet nozzle ... all over again on the second MiG-17 and make haste in order to ...

It even had a low-time engine and afterburner with excellent records ... afterburning fighter jet…" Gusakov remarked, "…the MiG-17 was the obvious choice." Gusakov now owns a MiG-17F/Lim ...

Each MiG-17 Fresco airframe possessed a range of roughly ... Another Soviet aviation historian also outlined that the Fresco’s “[afterburner-sustained turns in a close-in ‘fur-ball ...

Loved for its maneuverability and speed, the MiG-17PF proved to be a fearsome opponent for the US F-4 Phantom II. Though the airplane won’t break the sound barrier, the afterburner-equipped 17 ...

of thrust with the afterburner engaged ... drastically outdated compared to something like the Super Sabre. The MiG-17 was a subsonic aircraft that could only reach speeds of 715 mph.

this successor MiG-17 had more sharply swept wings, an afterburner, better speed and handling characteristics, and is about three feet (one meter) longer. Additional improvements over the MiG-15 ...