North American airshow history was made on March 29-30, 2025, when a team of four MiG-17F Frescos performed at the Defenders of Liberty Airshow at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Hallion writes of the MiG-17: “ [Its] afterburner-sustained turns ... In need of more, the Polish government licensed the aircraft from the Soviets and began building them in Mielec, where ...

I watched a Polish MiG-29 take off with what can only be described as the ultimate sick bag maneuver - an aggressive, high-G climb that punched straight into the sky. The raw thrust, tight turn ...

According to Flight Global’s world air force directory, at the start of 2022, Ukraine reportedly had 43 MiG-29s, twelve Su-24s, 17 Su-25s, and 26 Su-27s — plus another eight MiG-29s and six Su ...

A Polish air force MiG-29 rests in the ... In a way, it is a war prize, taken in the winning of the cold war. It’s one of 17 MiG-29s the U.S. government purchased from the former Soviet state ...