bureau established
December 1939; still operating as MAPO "MiG" as
part of MIG "MAPO-M" organization, although Gurevich
retired in early 1960s and Mikoyan died December
9,1970. MiG-1 fighters with
MiG-9
AM-35 engine produced
1940-1941; developed MiG-3 produced until 1942. First
jet aircraft built in quantity was MiG-9 with twin RD-20
(BMW 003A) engines, flown 24 April 1946. Swept-wing
MiG-15
MiG-15
with Russian copy of Rolls-Royce Nene introduced
1947, built under license in Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Followed by approximately 9,000 of derived MiG-17, with
redesigned wing, manufactured 1950-1957.Twin Mikulin
AM-5-powered
MiG-25
MiG-19 flown September 1953, built under
license in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and China. Superseded
by delta-winged MiG-21, in service in the USSR from 1959
and, when built in India,
MiG-31
was first Russian aircraft manufactured
in non-communist country.
As ANPK "MiG" named after A.I. Mikoyan Aviation Scientific-
Production Complex, produced MiG-23 (4,278 constructed
1969-1985; also built in India) and
MiG-29
MiG-27 (over 900 between 1973 and 1983) related variable-geometry
fighter and ground-attack aircraft, MiG-25 Mach 2.8+
reconnaissance aircraft and interceptor (some 1,200 built
up to 1985), and MiG-31 long-range interceptor (about 400,
operational from 1983). See MAPO "MiG" for latest aircraft.
