Captured on film back in April 2001, on Visitor's Day at the March AFB Museum in Riverside, CA., the same day and place I took pics of the famed P-38 interceptor, B-29 bomber, SR-71 Blackbird, and D3A Val dive bomber, which are on display in my gallery. Okay, I'm starting off this week with some shots of another bird of historic wartime significance, which I'm sure everyone will enjoy and appreciate. When I saw the aircraft, I thought at first it was a MIG-15 Fagot, until I read the descriptive sign. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO reporting name "Farmer") is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable U.S. "Century Series" fighter was the F-100 Super Sabre, although it would oppose the more modern F-4 Phantom II and F-105 Thunderchief over Vietnam. The MiG-19 was ordered into production on 17 February 1954, even though government acceptance trials did not start until September of that year. The first production aircraft rolled off the assembly line in March 1955. A total of approximately 5,500 MiG-19s were produced, first in the USSR, and in Czechoslovakia as the Avia S-105, but mainly in the People's Republic of China as the Shenyang J-6. The aircraft saw service with a number of other national air forces, including those of Cuba, North Vietnam, Egypt, Pakistan, and North Korea. Besides the Vietnam war, the aircraft saw combat during the 1967 Six Day and 1971 Bangladesh Wars. Russian built MiG-19s still are in service in North Korea, Myanmar (Burma), Zambia and Sudan. Source: Wikipedia encyclopedia Tons more info on it on the Internet. Thankx for dropping by, and have a meticulous Monday.