The MiG-15bis used a more powerful engine and hydraulically boosted ailerons. During the Korean War, both versions of the MiG-15 operated extensively against United Nations forces.

The MiG-15bis's new engine not only increased its dogfighting performance, but also its weight limits, allowing it to use newer unguided ground ordnance. The MiG-15bis is one of the original Soviet top rank aircraft and was available even before the start of …

On Sept. 21, 1953, a MiG-15bis (a more advanced version of the original MiG-15) suddenly landed downwind at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, South Korea, greatly surprising the personnel there.

On November 1, 1950, MiG-15s took part in the world's first jet-versus-jet dogfight, when four MiGs encountered four Lockheed F-80s over North Korea. Though externally similar to the MiG-15, the MiG-15bis incorporated many improvements, including a more-powerful engine, and entered service in 1951.

This MiG-15bis is on loan to the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum from the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Although it is painted to represent a North Korean MiG, it was actually a Lim-2, built under license in Poland.

The West got its first close-up look at a Mig-15 in September 1953 when a North Korean pilot defected. MiG 15s served with virtually every air force in the communist bloc, including those of Soviet client states in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

2024年11月13日 · The MiG-15 was designed by German and Russian engineers and the prototype appeared in 1947 and went into production one year later. The aircraft powerplant …

The MiG-15bis was built to quickly climb to and catch up with strategic bombers as they came near to, or crossed over, the Soviet borders. Even so, it was not a Mach-capable aircraft — it did not need to be — nor a nimble dive bomber.

The MiG-15 came as a great surprise to the Western nations when they first encountered it during the Korean War. It was much more advanced and capable than the West had believed possible and proved to be more than a match for virtually all the Western fighters except for …

2019年9月13日 · A fighter-bomber conversion of the MiG-15bis, designated ISh (Istrebitel-Shturmovik). One of the most distinctive trials modifications was the “MiG-15bis-ISh” ground-attack aircraft, which featured a modified wing sporting large “beams” that …