Who is the Uncle of Vano "Ivan" Anastasovich Mikoyan and a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer?
Ivan Mikoyan Vano "Ivan" Anastasovich Mikoyan (September 1, 1927 – November 25, 2016) was a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer, nephew of designer Artem Mikoyan. In 1944-1945, he studied at the Aviation Technical School in Stalinabad, then graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. From 1953 he worked in OKB Mikoyan as assistant chief engineer, chief engineer for flight tests, and as the leading designer for MiG-21 family of fighter aircraft. In 1965 he was appointed as the lead designer on the MiG-23 fighter aircraft, and the technical director of joint state tests after 1968. Starting in 1973, Ivan was deputy chief designer for the MiG-29 fighter aircraft. Later, he was an adviser for Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15 ; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) was a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate swept wings to achieve high transonic speeds. In combat over Korea, it outclassed straight-winged jet day fighters, which were largely relegated to ground-attack roles, and was quickly countered by the similar American swept-wing North American F-86 Sabre. The MiG-15 is often mentioned, along with the F-86 Sabre, as the best fighter aircraft of the Korean War.