IS | |
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Role | Polymorphic Fighter |
National origin | USSR |
Manufacturer | Nikitin |
Designer | Vasilii Vasilyevich Nikitin & Vladimir Vasilyevich Schyevchyenko |
First flight | 6 November 1940 |
Number built | 2 |
The Nikitin-Schyevchyenko IS series (Russian: Истребитель складной, romanized: Istrebitel skladnoi, meaning "folding fighter"), were single seat polymorphic fighters designed and produced in the USSR from 1938.