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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Farmer was a single-seat jet twin-engine jet fighter produced by the Soviet Union. It was developed to improve upon the MiG-15 and the MiG-17, and it became the worlds first mass-produced supersonic aircraft.

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Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been remixed and shortened

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"MiG-19 Szolnok.jpg" by Varga Attila, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MiG-19_Szolnok.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
"MiG-19 Sevastopol USSR (on photo).jpg" by Unknown, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MiG-19_Sevastopol_USSR_(on_photo).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
"MIG-19PM (cropped).jpg" by ThunderboltAV, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MIG-19PM_(cropped).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19P ’04 blue’ (38048417571).jpg" by Alan Wilson, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19P_%E2%80%9904_blue%E2%80%99_(38048417571).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19SV ’11 red’ (38106059415).jpg" by Alan Wilson, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19SV_%E2%80%9911_red%E2%80%99_(38106059415).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)

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