the MiG-17 proved its worth during the Vietnam War, where its agility and cannon armament made it a formidable opponent against faster U.S. aircraft like the F-4 Phantom and F-105 Thunderchief.

The North Vietnamese believing they were attacking bomb-laden F-105s, only to encounter F-4 ... the greater maneuverability of the older MiG-17 (NATO codename ‘Fresco’), the MiG-21 was still ...