MiG-15

This MiG-15 was found in a hangar in the Kuçovë Air Base in Albania. The MiG-15 was a jet fighter being mass produced by the Soviet Union. Russian designers Mikoyan-Gurevich created the MiG-15 in 1946 with its first flight conducted in December of 1947. Russia’s desire for an aircraft to combat the devastating efforts by the massive but sluggish B-29s was answered. It was Russia’s first “all-new” aircraft and it challenged the United States’ air superiority.