Komisia 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 bola vylepšená verzia MiG-15, prúdového stíhacieho lietadla vyvinutého Mikojanom-Gurevičom pre Sovietsky zväz koncom 1940. rokov. MiG-15bis mal lepší výkon vďaka kultivovanejšej výrobe a o niečo výkonnejšiemu motoru. Mal tiež tri pevné body pod každým krídlom na prepravu zbraní a vonkajších palivových nádrží. Do služby vstúpil koncom roku 1949 a bol široko používaný v kórejskej vojne, kde sa ukázal ako lepší ako väčšina západných bojovníkov tej doby. MiG-15bis bol jedným z najvyrábanejších prúdových lietadiel v histórii, s viac ako 18 000 vyrobenými lietadlami v ZSSR a na základe licencie v iných krajinách.