Syrian MiG-17s

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. It is an advanced development of the very similar appearing MiG-15 of the Korean War. The basic MiG-17 was a general-purpose day fighter, armed with three cannons, one 37mm cannon and two 23mm.. It could also act as a fighter-bomber, but its payload was considered light relative to other aircraft of the time. Later variants had radar and air-to-air missiles.

The MiG-17 equipped the Syrian Air Force from the 1950s until well into the 70s. Hundreds of "17s" were purchased from various sources including the Czechs, Poles and Russians as well as donated from other Arab countries. The Syrians typically camouflaged their aircraft with a tan and green color scheme. In early 1953 the MiG-17F day fighter entered production. The "F" indicated it was fitted with the VK-1F engine with an afterburner by modifying the rear fuselage with a new convergent-divergent nozzle and fuel system. The afterburner doubled the rate of climb and greatly improved vertical maneuvers. The next mass-produced variant, MiG-17PF ("Fresco D") incorporated a more powerful Izumrud RP-2 radar in the nose for air to air engagements.

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