Colonel Yevgeyi Pepelyavev "Big Night Boy" Top Soviet Ace in Korean War, 23 Kills 196th IAP of 324th IAD of VVS, Korean War, 1953. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 was a jet fighter developed for the USSR by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters, and it achieved fame in the skies over Korea, where early in the war, it outclassed all enemy fighters.