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PROGRAMME:
From the end of the Second World War the USSR
undertook a vast development program for modem jet-powered warplanes, and the first classic
fighter to emerge was the swept-wing MiG-15, which flew in December 1947 as the 1-310 with a
Rolls-Royce Nene II turbojet. The Nene was copied in the USSR as the RD-45, and in its improved
RD-45F version this was used in the MiG- 15 production fighter, which entered service late in
1948.The MiG- 15 was extensively operated by the communist forces in the Korean War (1950-53),
and its first-class performance and firepower came as a nasty surprise to the Western nations
until ultimately the MiG- 15 and improved MiG- 15bis were equaled by the North American F-86
Sabre. Soviet production continued up to 1951 and was complemented by Chinese, Czechoslovak,
and Polish production to build 5,000+ single-seaters and 3,000+ two-seaters.
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MiG-1 Technical Data
| Prime contractor: | Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau |
| Country of origin: | Soviet Union |
| NATO codename: | Fagot |
| Function: | Fighter |
| Crew: | 1 |
| Year: | 1948 |
| In-service year: | 1949 |
| Power plant: | One Klimov VK-1 turbojet (copy of British Rolls-Royce RD45F "Nene" engine) |
| Thtust: | 5,940lb. | 2,700 kg. |
| Dimensions | | Wing span: | 33 ft. 1 in. | 10.08 m. |
| Length: | 35 ft. 6 in. | 10.86 m. |
| Height: | 12 ft. 1 in. | 3.70 m. |
| Weight: |
| Empty | 8,098 lb. | 3,681 kg. |
| Max.takeoff | 13,299 lb. | 6,045 kg. |
| Performance |
| Ceiling: | 50,840 ft. | 15,500 m. |
| Speed: | 665 mph. | 1,070 km/h |
| Range: | 497 miles (on internal fuel)
882 miles (with two fuel drop tanks) | 800 km.(on internal fuel)
1420 km. (with two fuel drop tanks) |
| Armament |
One
N-37
37mm cannon with 40 rounds and two NS-23
23mm cannons with 80 rounds per gun.
Max. external weapons load of 500 kg. (1,100 lb.) of bombs, or drop tanks. |
| Known Variants |
| MiG-15bis, MiG-15UTI |
| Operators |
| Out of service |
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