MiG-19 'Farmer' fighter

MiG-17 'Fresco' Fighter

Designer:

Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau

Manufacturer:

State factories in Gorkiy and Novosibirsk

Role:

Fighter /Interceptor

Year Adopted:

1953 - First Flight
1953 - Service Delivery

Variants:

Farmer A	- Early production version w/ 3x NR-23 cannon.
Farmer-B	- with RP-1 Izumrud radar, all moving tail plane and third airbrake.
Farmer-C	- Mig-19S, with NR-30 cannons, Svod navigation radar, wing mounts for rockets and bombs.
Farmer-D	- Mig-19SF, uprated RD9 engines
Farmer-E	- Mig-19PM, no cannon, 4x K-5M (AA-1) 'Alkali' missiles.

Operational Status:

In Service: Bangladesh, Cuba, Egypt, Hungary, Mozambique, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia.

Former Users: Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China (People's Republic), Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Iraq, Khmer Republic, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union.

Armament:

Farmer-A, -B:

Farmer-D:

Farmer-E:

3 x 23mm NS-23 cannon

3 x 30mm NR-30 cannon
250 kg (550 pounds) external stores

4x K-5M 'Alkali' air to air missiles.

Engine:

Mig-19, Mig-19S:

Mig-19SF, Mig-19PF, Mig-19PM:

2 x Mikulin AM-5 afterburning turbojet engines producing 6,700 pounds of thrust

1 x RD-9B afterburning turbojet engine producing 7,165 pounds of thrust

Crew:

1 (Pilot)

Wingspan:

9 meters

(29 feet, 7 inches)

Length (-SF variant w/o pitot boom):

13.1 meters

(42 feet, 11 inches)

Height:

4.02 meters

(13 feet, 2 inches)

Maximum Speed:

At 6096 meters (20,000 feet)


1480 km per hour	(920 miles per hour)

Take-Off Weight:

Empty (-SF variant):

Clean (-SF variant):

Loaded (-SF variant):


5760 kg	(12,698 lbs)
7600 kg	(16,755 lbs)
8700 kg	(19,180 lbs)

Ceiling (-SF variant):

17,900 meters

(58,725 feet)

Range

(w/drop tanks):

(Combat radius):<2>


2200 kilometers	(1,367 miles)
685 kilometers	(425 miles)