Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 - Operators

Operators

Afghanistan
Afghan Air Force. Around 100 MiG-17F acquired by the Afghan Air Force from 1957.
Albania
Albanian Air Force - 20 aircraft, including eight Chinese-made JJ-5 trainers, were acquired. All fixed wing Albanian aircraft, including MiG-17 and JJ-5, were retired from active service as part of the Albanian preparations to join NATO.
Algeria
Algerian Air Force
Angola
People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola.
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Air Force
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Air Force
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Royal Cambodian Air Force - 16 aircraft, including five MiG-17s and 11 Shenyang J-5 were received from the Soviet Union and China in 1967-1968, later all were destroyed on the ground in 1971.
China
see also Shenyang J-5
  • People's Liberation Army Air Force
  • People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force. J-5 trainers still in limited service. Single seat fighters have been retired and sold to other countries.
Republic of the Congo
Congolese Air Force
Cuba
Cuban Air Force
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakian Air Force - two MiG-17F for evaluation purposes (EP-01 and EP-02), 34 MiG-17PF all-weather interceptors. All retired before 1970.
East Germany
East German Air Force
Egypt
Egyptian Air Force
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Air Force. All retired.
Guinea
Military of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Military of Guinea-Bissau
Indonesia
Indonesian Air Force - Using MiG-17F and MiG-17PF. All of the aircraft acquired in 1961. Used during the preparation of Operation TRIKORA in 1962 to take Western New Guinea, now Papua and Papua Barat, from the Netherlands. Some of the aircraft were used intensively in Air Forces / TNI-AU Acrobatic Team in 1962 for air show events around Indonesia. All aircraft were grounded in 1969. None have been in service since 1970.
Iraq
Iraqi Air Force
Hungary
Hungarian Air Force
Khmer Republic
Khmer National Air Force
Libya
Libyan Air Force
Madagascar
Mali
Air Force of Mali
Mongolia
Mongolian Air Force - Between in 1970-1977 received than 17 aircraft
Morocco
Royal Moroccan Air Force
Mozambique
Military of Mozambique
Nigeria
Nigerian Air Force
North Korea
North Korean Air Force - J-5 still in service.
Pakistan
Pakistan Air Force - JJ-5 was replaced by the K-8P with the last aircraft retired 5 January 2012.
Poland
  • Polish Air Force
  • Polish Navy
Romania
Romanian Air Force - 12 MiG-17PF and 12 MiG-17F entered service in 1955 and 1956, respectively.
Somalia
Somali Air Corps
Soviet Union
  • Soviet Air Force
  • Soviet Naval Aviation
  • Soviet Anti-Air Defence
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Air Force - All retired from service.
Syria
Syrian Air Force
Tanzania
Tanzanian Air Force - J-5 in service.
Uganda
Ugandan Air Force
Vietnam
Vietnam People's Air Force
Yemen
Yemen Air Force
Zimbabwe
Air Force of Zimbabwe JJ-5 Trainer in service.

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