Flyby of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 '996'.
Owned by the Naval Aviation Museum, this Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is maintained and flown by members of the Vietnam War Flight Museum from Houston.
This aircraft was built in the Soviet Union, but transferred to the People's Liberation Army Navy (better known as the Chinese Navy) in 1950 and given the serial number 2071. This MiG-15 was one of the first 50 planes delivered to the Chinese and deployed by the Chinese during the Korean War.
In the mid '90s, the aircraft was exported to the United States.
This photo was taken on 13 October 2023 during the Wings over Houston Airshow at Ellington Field in Houston.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…