Between 1965 and 1968, antique MiG-17 Frescos shot down 27 US aircraft over Vietnam. Although US aviators shot down over 50 MiG-17s in return, the situation was troubling for US planners. How was such an obsolete aircraft performing so well against them?
Then, early in the morning of the 12th of August 1968 two Syrian pilots, Walid Adham and Radfan Rifai, flying MiG-17s took off from southern Syria on a navigation training mission. They were not good navigators, got lost and landed at Betzet in Israel.
Their captured MiG-17s would finally give the US intelligence and aviation community an in depth look at the performance of the Fresco. In this video I take a deep look at the exploitation of the two aircraft, earlier near misses in acquiring similar aircraft and the conclusions the Air Force and Navy took away from finally flying real MiG-17s.
Those of you who have been watching the channel since the early days may recall that I have made a similar video before. To be honest, it has been bugging me since I released it. Not only were there omissions and inaccuracies in the content, the audio quality was terrible. I have improved the former considerable and, in so far as hay fever season allows, also worked on the audio. I hope you find it worth your time.
Key content sources:
Colonel Danny Shapiro’s recollections of flying the MiG-17/ Lim-5 and some high resolution photos can be found here: / 2380849648715205
My analysis of losses to MiG-17s in Vietnam was based on several sources, but most extensively Chris Hobson's masterful and sobering Vietnam Air Losses: books.google.co.uk/books/abou...
Declassified US assessments of the MiG-17 from the HAVE DRILL tests: nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSA...
Overview of Constant Peg: www.globalsecurity.org/milita...
Robin Olds interview on the MiG-17 referenced here: airandspace.si.edu/air-and-sp...
Footage sources:
Egyptian MiG takeoff and flight footage: • Egyptian MiG-17F fight...
Amazing MiG-17 airshow takeoff and flypast: • MiG-17 LOW and CLOSE!
Inflight footage from DCS: • Syrian MiG-17F Cinematic
Raw footage of Soviet MiG-17s: • MiG-17 Soviet Air Force
MiG-17 vs F-100 and F-105 footage from the movie Nhung Canh En Dau Tien: • Vietnam War - Mig17 vs...
Footage of MiG-17 kill with AIM-7 Sparrow: • F-4 Phantom Dogfight k...
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