Mig-15 Slashing through the skies over the Yalu River separating North Korea from China, the MIG-15 shocked the world when it was first encountered in combat. Based on captured German wing designs (as was its adversary, the F-86), the small, reliable, and nimble MiG was the first jet fighter to challenge the superiority of US fighters. Even to this day, the MiG-15 is an icon, a benchmark of technological progress, and a superb jet warbird. In colloquial Russian, the word "MiG" means something ethereal and fleeting, barely able to be seen, so swiftly and silently does it disappear. Truly, the MiG is our flagship. Red Star Aviation has been working with MiG's since they were first available in the West. From our first Chinese MiG-17s, thru our later Polish MiG-17s and MiG-15s, and our Chinese JJ-5 as well as various MiG-21's of all models, MiG's and Red Star Aviation are synonymous. We have assembled, tested, flown, maintained, and operated MiG aircraft for as long as we have been associated with Jet Warbirds. These days we simply provide excellent information about them to operators, can suggest the best sources for aircraft, parts, and service, and provide training and flight tests in our award winning MiG-15UTI, considered to be one of, if not the finest MiG restorations in the world. Our aircraft was virtually built from new, by its old squadron maintenance officer, who had maintained THIS MiG in Poland for over 20 years. A one-year, full-time restoration was accomplished, with virtually every aircraft component exchanged with a brand new component. It is no joke to say that when we were done, there was a spare MiG in pieces on the hangar floor, in the form of all of the used parts that had been removed. Can you tell that we are proud of our "Red Beauty"? We do provide orientation flights, training flights, and full pilot conversion courses in the MiG. She is also available for high speed industrial chase and target operations, as well as for public displays, movie productions, etc. Normally kept licensed under Experimental for Exhibition purposes, she can be re-certified on request for Research and Development, and in that case can be used for live drops of wing-mounted payloads in excess of 500 pounds at speeds up to 0.82 Mach and altitudes in excess of 50,000 feet. Contact us for your specific requirements. Come and visit us to let us show off our Red Beauty. Visit her for a cockpit tour, or take a flight. We like nothing better than bringing her out on a nice day to intercept Cessna's and to shock the good people of Newburg, New York!