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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