Skilled Pilot Throttles Supersonic Soviet MiG-21 Engine for Full Afterburner Takeoff. Posted: February 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025.

In his latest book, Rolling Thunder 1965-68: Johnson’s Air War Over Vietnam, aviation historian Richard P. Hallion writes of the MiG-17: “ [Its] afterburner-sustained turns in a close-in ...

The MiG-29K/KUB aircraft are designed to operate from aircraft-carriers with a minimum displacement of 28,000t and airfields. The aircraft has a length of 17.3m, the height of 4.4m and a wingspan ...

Though the airplane won’t break the sound barrier, the afterburner-equipped 17 can come pretty close. The MiG-17PF remained in service until replaced by the MiG 21-13, in the early 1960s.

The MiG is a Russian design that uses variable-geometry wings that allow their sweep angle to be changed in flight. The jet is powered by a single turbojet engine with afterburner capability.

Polish Air Force MiG-29s at work: night sorties of the Fulcrum are spectacular! ... The afterburner plume is perfectly visible in this night shot. Night ops at Minsk Mazowiecki.