Den Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (russisk: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO-kallenavn: Farmer) er et sovjetisk andregenerasjons, enseters, tomotors jagerfly. Det var det første sovjetiske produksjonsflyet som var i stand til supersoniske hastigheter i nivåflyging. Et sammenlignbart amerikansk jagerfly i «Century Series» var det nordamerikanske F-100 Super Sabre, selv om MiG-19 primært ville motsette seg de mer moderne McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II og Republic F-105 Thunderchief over Nord-Vietnam.
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Den Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 was a Soviet fighter aircraft that entered service in 1955. It was the first Soviet aircraft to achieve supersonic speeds in level flight, and the world’s first mass-produced supersonic fighter. The MiG-19 had a single-seat cockpit, a mid-wing configuration with swept-back wings, and two Mikulin AM-5 turbojet engines with afterburners.
The MiG-19 was armed with two or three 30 mm cannons, and could also carry rockets, bombs, or air-to-air missiles. The MiG-19 was widely exported to various countries, and saw combat action in several conflicts, such as the Vietnam War, the Six-Day War, and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The MiG-19 was also produced under license by China as the Shenyang J-6, which remained in service until the 21st century.
