CFS Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG19 Farmer in Egyptian Air Force (EAF) Livery.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO reporting name: "Farmer") is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, twin jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable U.S. "Century Series" fighter was the F-100 Super Sabre, although it would primarily oppose the more modern F-4 Phantom II and Mirage IIIE over Middle East skies.
The first reported air combat in the Mideast with the MiG-19 was on 29 November 1966, when two Egyptian MiG-19 fighters tangled it up with Israeli Mirage IIICs. The Israelis claimed two kills and no losses to themselves. Around 80 MiG-19s were in service with Egypt during the Six-Day War in 1967, but more than half were destroyed on the ground during the opening Israeli airstrikes from Operation Focus. Despite the unequal contest, Israeli pilots did find the MiG-19 a potentially dangerous adversary because of its performance, maneuverability, and heavy armament.
Following the war, the Egyptians organized the surviving MiG-19 aircraft and assigned them air defense tasks of Egypt's interior. The Soviet Union did not supply Egypt with any replacement of the MiG-19s destroyed in the Six Day War, but Egypt might have received some from Syria and Iraq, so that by the end of 1968 there were 80+ MiG-19s in service with the Egyptian Air Force (EAF). The aircraft also saw combat during the War of Attrition; in one engagement on 19 May 1969, a MiG-19 aircraft engaged two Israeli Mirages, shooting down one with cannon fire while the other escaped. Egypt had around 60 Mig-19's in service during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 which they served as close support aircraft.
General characteristics
Crew: One
Length: 12.5 m (41 ft)
Wingspan: 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Height: 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Empty weight: 5,447 kg (11,983 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 7,560 kg (16,632 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Tumansky RD-9B or RD-9BF-811 afterburning turbojets, 31.9 kN or 37 kN (7,178 lbf or 8,300 lbf) each
Fuel capacity: 1,800 kg (3,960 lb)
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,455 km/h (909 mph)
Range: 685 km (430 mi); 2,200 km combat (1,375 mi)
Service ceiling: 17,500 m (57,400 ft)
Rate of climb: 180 m/s (35,425 ft/min)
Thrust/weight: 0.86
Armament
3x 30 mm NR-30 cannons (75 rounds per gun for wing guns, 55 rounds for the fuselage gun)
Up to 250 kg (550 lb) of bombs or unguided rockets on 4 underwing pylons or 4 Vympel K-13 AAMs
FS98 Aircraft Designers: Alpha Simulations.
Egyptian's textures and DP: Edmundo Abad Dec. 2009
Also special thanks to Juan Concha & Roberto Ibarra, former FACH officers, by the great provided information for the development of this virtual model.
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I have included a damage profile for use with CFS1, with armament of 3x 30 mm NR-30 cannons , rockets and bombs, and repainted as:
-MiG19 Farmer Egyptian Air Force, tan/green camouflaged.
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Installation FS98/CFS
1. Unzip to Temporaly directory "mig19.zip".
2. Copy "mig19" folder to X:\CFS\aircraft directory.
3. Copy "gauges" folder to X:\CFS\gauges directory.
