MiG-19 (Family)

Description

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, twinjet fighter aircraft put into service in 1955, it was the world's first supersonic aircraft put into mass-production. It was also produced under licence in China as the Shenyang J-6 and Czechoslovakia as the Aero S-105. It served more than 15 countries with the main operators being the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Egypt and Vietnam. The MiG-19 saw action most notably in the Vietnam War, the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War.

Nicknames

MiG-19 Nicknames
▃ NATO	Farmer · Fantan

Vehicles

Rank VI

• MiG-19PT
• MiG-19S (Germany)
• J-6A - Chinese licence-built version

Derivatives

Rank VI

• Q-5 early - Chinese attacker variant with a redesigned fuselage.
• Q-5A
• A-5C - Export variant of the Q-5 able to equip western missiles

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (中航工业沈阳飞机工业(集团)有限公司)
Jet Fighters
MiG-15	J-2*
MiG-17	J-4*
MiG-19	J-6A*
J-8	J-8B · J-8F
Su-27 variants	J-11* · J-11A*
Export	Shenyang F-5*
	*Licensed Note: "J-2" and "J-4" are not official designations
See Also	Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau

Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation 南昌飞机制造公司
Strike aircraft	Q-5 early · Q-5A · Q-5L
	A-5C