Editing Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (section)

===Middle East===
[[File:Syrian Mig-17.jpg|thumb| A Syrian MiG-17 in [[Betzet]] at a landing strip in 1968. The aircraft was sent to be evaluated at [[Have Drill]].]]
The [[Egyptian Air Force]] received its first MiG-17s in 1956, deploying them against the Israeli invasion of the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] during the early stages of the [[Suez Crisis]]. When Britain and France launched air attacks against Egyptian air bases on 1 November 1956, Egyptian president [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] ordered the Egyptian Air Force not to oppose the Anglo-French air strikes, and where possible to evacuate its aircraft to [[Syria]] or Saudi Arabia, so while Egypt lost large numbers of aircraft, including MiG-17s, losses of pilots were relatively low. The losses were quickly replaced after the end of the war, and by June 1957 Egypt had about 100 MiG-17s.<ref>Nicolle 1995, pp. 12–13</ref><ref name="gordp67">Gordon 2002, p. 67</ref> Syria also operated the MiG-17, receiving 60 MiG-17Fs in 1957.<ref name="gordp67" /> The two air forces gradually switched the MiG-17 to ground-attack duties in the early 1960s, as the MiG-21 supplanted it in the interceptor role.<ref name="gordp67" /> From 1962, Egyptian forces became involved in the [[North Yemen Civil War]], supporting the [[Yemen Arab Republic|republican]] government, with Egyptian MiG-17s flying ground attack operations.<ref>Nicolle 1995, pp. 15–16</ref>

The MiG-17 formed a major part of the Arab air strength during the [[Six-Day War]] in June 1967.<ref name="gordp72">Gordon 2002, p. 72</ref><ref>Nicolle 1995, pp. 16–17</ref> The war started with a [[Operation Focus|massive airstrike]] by Israel against Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian and Iraqi airbases, with more than 150 Egyptian aircraft destroyed or damaged. Egypt's surviving MiG-17s were heavily deployed in ground attacks against Israeli forces in the Sinai.<ref name="gordp72" /><ref>Nicolle 1995, pp. 17–18</ref> The Soviet Union again replaced Egypt's losses after the war, and Egypt was soon involved in the [[War of Attrition]], a sustained series of armed clashes on and over Sinai, with Egypt's MiG-17s continuing to be used in the ground attack role. While the MiG-17 was slower and shorter-ranged than the [[Sukhoi Su-7]] that was the other main component of Egypt's ground-attack forces, the MiG-17 was more manoeuvrable and sustained lower losses.<ref>Nicolle 1995, pp. 18–23</ref> From 1970, Egypt deployed detachments of MiG-17s to Sudan to support government forces during the [[First Sudanese Civil War]].<ref>Nicolle 1995, p. 23.</ref> The MiG-17 continued in use in the [[Yom Kippur War]]. MiG-17s were used during the [[Ofira Air Battle]] by Egypt. Egyptian and Syrian MiG-17s retired shortly after these wars.