Den Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15; NATO reporting name: “Fagot”) was a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate swept wings to achieve high transonic speeds. In combat over Korea, it outclassed straight-winged jet day fighters which were largely relegated to ground attack roles, and was quickly countered by the similar American swept-wing F-86 Sabre. 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.
When refined into the more advanced MiG-17, the basic design would again surprise the West when it proved effective against supersonic fighters such as the F-105 Thunderchief and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in the Vietnam War of the 1960s.
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 remains in service with the North Korean Air Force as an advanced trainer.
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MiG-15bis var en forbedret version af MiG-15, et jetjagerfly udviklet af Mikoyan-Gurevich til Sovjetunionen i slutningen af 1940'erne. MiG-15bis havde bedre ydeevne takket være en mere raffineret produktion og en lidt kraftigere motor. Det havde også tre hardpoints under hver vinge til at bære våben og eksterne brændstoftanke. Det trådte i tjeneste i slutningen af 1949 og blev meget brugt i Koreakrigen, hvor det viste sig overlegen i forhold til de fleste vestlige krigere på den tid. MiG-15bis var et af de mest producerede jetfly i historien, med mere end 18.000 bygget i Sovjetunionen og under licens i andre lande.