We examine an abandoned Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and explore whether it could ever run again. A look at aviation history, condition, and engineering challenges. What would it take to restore it? Kansas ...

On this day in aviation history, 78 years ago (January 8, 1948), the Lavochkin La-15 took flight for the first time. Known by many names, the La-15 was an early Soviet fighter jet that helped give ...

When people think of early Cold War Soviet jet fighters, they think about MiGs and not much else. If modern Hollywood Korean and Vietnam War movies were taken as gospel, you'd assume MiG 15s, 17s, 19s ...

I know, the way MiGs are behaving in the skies over and bordering Ukraine these days might make this topic a sensitive pill to swallow. But you have to admit, given the fighter plane family's history ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) series stands as one of the ...

The story behind the original MiG Soviet fighter plane is fascinating and traces back to the early years of the Cold War and the Soviet Union's quest for military superiority in the skies. The MiG, ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Following a brief stint in the latter period of the Chinese Civil War, the MiG-15 made an explosive entrance in the Korean War. The Soviet fighter proved vastly ...

Key Point: “What fool will sell us his secrets?” Stalin is said to have commented on the British idea. By the end of World War II, it was becoming clear that the huge fleets of piston-engine propeller ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of one Polish Air Force pilot's certificate; one pilot grade certificate; one copy of LIFE Magazine, dated April 6, 1953, ...