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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:MiG-17F Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:799 NVA
    Construction Number:1C 07-16
    Compressed ID:Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F sn 799 NVA...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a MiG-17F.

    1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Nationalen Volksarmee (National Peoples Army) with s/n 799.

    August 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Egyptian Air Force.
    Your Assistance is Needed: Some sources list the original Egyptian serial number as 2302. Can you clarify the serial number this airframe wore while in Egyptian service?
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    1986

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    19 September 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    Markings Applied: 3020
    Marked as the aircraft of ace Lee Hai of the 923rd Fighter Regiment.

    Not to be confused with three other Lim-5 planes also painted as 3020. One is at the Palm Springs Air Museum, second in San Diego Air and Space Museum and third at the NAS Fallon.

    21 July 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    10 March 2024


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: National Museum of United States Air Force
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