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MiG is rated second after Rosoboronexport in terns of volume of exported weapons.
One of the former top-managers of the MiG enterprise says that when he came to the office next day after appointment of Nikolay Nikitin chief designer of the enterprise, he was surprised to see two dozens of fl BMW autos waiting for bosses right opposite a dilapidated building of the enterprises head office.
Today MiG owns only 20 per cent of the Voronin production center in the heart of Moscow; the rest of the premises have been given to the city administration and will be used as construction sites.
Even the F-86 Sabre, introduced in December 1950, was inferior to the MiG-15 in many respects, although superior tactics and pilot training often allowed UN pilots to get the upper hand.
Desperate to get hold of an intact MiG for testing, the United States offered $100,000 and political asylum to any pilot who would defect with their airplane.
Eventually a North Korean pilot, who claimed to be unaware of the proferred reward, landed at Kimpo Air Base in September 1953, allowing the first detailed evaluation of the aircraft.
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