Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, Bulgarian users

The MiG-19 was the first Soviet supersonic fighter and it was exported to many foreign countries.
The first country it was exported to was Bulgaria. During late 1957 and early 1958 the Bulgarian People's Army Air Force (BPAAF) received 24 MiG-19S fighters, with the first 12 of them being assigned to the 19.IAP (Fighter Regiment) based at Graf Ignatiev Air Base, close to the city of Plovdiv.
A total of 59 MiG-19S and MiG-19P served with the BPAAF on four squadrons. The 11.IAP based at Gabrovnitsa Air Base, the 19. IAP, and the 10. IAD/21. IAP based at Uzundzhovo Air Base between 1959 and 1970. In some sources the retirement date of the last MiG-19 is set in 1978 as some MiG-19S were reconverted to the ground attack role by replacing their drop tanks with two FAB-250 bombs.
When the 11. IAP was disbanded in 1960 its MiG-19S and MiG-19Ps were transferred to the 18. IAP/ 1. IAE (fighter flight) based at Dobrostlavtsi Air Base, near the capital, Sofia. Additional second hand MiG-19Ps were acquired from Poland in 1966.
Some reports claim that there were also 12 MiG-19PM serving with the BPAAF, which were also acquired from Poland. That would make Bulgaria the first Warsaw Pact country to use the MiG-19 but also the last one to use the missile-equipped MiG-19PM.
In 1969 the MiG-19Ps that were still in service with the 18.IAP/1.IAE were upgraded with two APU-13 launch rails for K-13A missiles, making them the most heavily armed aircraft of the BPAAF with two NR-30, two ORO-57K FFAR pods and two K-13A air-to-air missiles. Those aircraft, known in some sources as MiG-19PT, served until 1975 and were sold, dismantled, to China.
Bulgarian People's Army Air Force's elite unit, 1.IAE of the 19.IAP often made practice interceptions against Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-16 bombers flying in high altitude training missions.
Given the complexity of the conversion training and maintenance difficulty of the MiG-19, some units retained their MiG-17F, which had still in the 1960s a good reputation of being a fast and agile dogfighter. The MiG-17F was used mostly for low-level combat and battlefield air defence, while the MiG-19s were tasked with all-weather interception of high-flying targets, namely, NATO nuclear bombers which would have to traverse both Bulgarian and Romanian airspace on their way to targets in the USSR.
The MiG-19 wasn't very liked in the BPAAF as it suffered from poor engine reliability. In fact, of the 58 total aircraft supplied, 28 were lost in crashes, killing 15 pilots, making an attrition rate of 48.2%, similar to the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter one, or, in another words, one accident per 1.000 flight hours. In fact, low serviceability and high attrition rate forced the 21.IAP to replace their MiG-19 with the MiG-17F/PF.
Some other sources claim, however, that only one pilot belonging to the 18.IAP/1.IAE was killed when he flew his aircraft into the ground due to de-orientation in clouds and that most non-fatal accidents with the MiG-19 were caused by poor maintenance.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19#Variants

2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, Czechoslovak users

The Czechoslovak Air Force's combat potential was strongly boosted by the addition of the MiG-19P, MiG-19PM and the MiG-19S which were shown to their top commanders at Kubinka Air Base, in the USSR during late 1956. A deal was signed a year later thanks to which the type was supplied and licensed produced within Czechoslovak borders.
On 11th July 1957 the first group of Czechoslovak pilots and technicians went to the PVO's (Soviet Air Force) main conversion training centre at the time, located at Savasleyka Air Base, in the USSR, close to the city of Gorky (nowadays Nizhny Novgorod) where a manufacturing plant for the MiG-19 was.
In this initial group was Valstimil David, who was Aero's main test pilot, which received the license to locally produce the MiG-19S. Another component of the Czechoslovak group was Maj. Július Zvara who was appointed "customer's inspector" on the Gorky's Aircraft Factory delivery line and test flew every aircraft destined for Czechoslovakia. On 30th August 1957 Maj. Zvara reached the speed of Mach 1.4 (1.728,72 km/h - 1.074,18 mph) while flying a MiG-19P, becoming this way the first Czechoslovak pilot to break the sound barrier.
Later that same year, the first batch of 12 MiG-19S was delivered to Prague Kbely Air Base in crates. After being reassembled and test flown at the Kbely overhaul plant, all of them were delivered to the Czechoslovak Air Force between the 3rd and the 27th January 1958, with a single aircraft more which was delivered later and served as the pattern for the Aero S-105.
At the same time, 26 additional MiG-19Ps arrived at Prague Kbely and entered service between 27th January and 1st April 1958. All aircraft from those two shipments were assigned to the 1. stihaci letecký pluk (SLP - Fighter Aircraft Regiment) 'Zvolenský" which was based at Ceské Budejovice and the 11. SLP based at Zatec Air Base, both regiments being part of the 3. stihaci letecka divizie (SLD - 3rd Fighter Aircraft Division).
The licensed-built Aero S-105 was manufactured at Stredoceske strojírny, in Odolena Voda, from early 1958 (though some sources claim it was during late 1957 - something which we think it's not possible) until November 1961 and, with 104 exemplars manufactured, it equipped the whole 1. SLD which comprised the 4. SLP, based at Pardubice Air Base and began MiG-19 operations on 22nd March 1958, the 5. SLP based at Plzen-Line Air Base and the 9. SLP at Bechyne Air Base. It's thought that some few S-105s were exported to Egypt, albeit it's not confirmed.
The 40 MiG-19PMs ordered by the Czechoslovak Air Force started to arrive in late 1959. They were assembled and flown again between 17th November 1959 and 24th February 1961. These aircraft were also the longest serving MiG-19s with the Czechoslovak Air Force as they were retired on 2nd June 1972. Initially, the MiG-19PMs and their missiles, the RS-2-US air-to-air missiles were so secret and carefully guarded that even regimental commissioned officers could barely gain access to the hangars where missiles were stored.
Every MiG-19PM was assigned to the 5. SLP which became the last operator for the MiG-19 of every type in the Czechoslovak Air Force, collecting MiG-19s of all variants from other units as they were replaced by newer types. The last surviving MiG-19PMs not scrapped on site, were transferred to the Czechoslovak Air Force's reserve and moved to other bases.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19#Variants

2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

4. https://www.valka.cz/Mikojan-Gurevic-MiG-19S-kod-NATO-Farmer-C-t12470

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, Polish users

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 was the first supersonic fighter in the world capable of achieving supersonic speeds in level flights. It was employed by many users of the Warsaw Pact and other non-aligned countries.
One of those Warsaw Pact users was the Polish Air Force, which operated three different versions of the MiG-19, the S, P and PM.
It was the first fighter capable of truly supersonic performance throughout the altitude envelope. It was the aircraft that Porucznik (Lieutenant) Roman Operacz was piloting when he broke the sound barrier on 22nd July 1959, becoming that way the first Polish pilot to achieve it.
The first MiG-19P entered service with the 28. Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego (PLM - 28th Fighter Regiment) 'Koszalin' at Redzikowo Air Base, close to Slupsk, in the Gdansk Voivodeship, during summer 1958. Later the type also equipped the 39. PLM at Mierzecice, in Katowice Voivodeship.
The numbers aren't clear as some reports say that it was 12 or 13 MiG-19 which were delivered, while others claim it were twice as many, 24.
The type was shown to the public on 22nd July 1959 when a MiG-19 piloted by Lt. Roman Operacz took part in the great military parade held in Warsaw due to the 15th anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland. The aircraft pulled into an spectacular climb in front of the spectators' tribunes making to an altitude of several milles. Exactly one year later, Polish Air Forces' MiG-19s took also part in another parade commemorating the 550th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald.
Despite the record breaking, the MiG-19's career in Poland was rather brief as it was considered an interim type until more capable and modern fighters (IE, the MiG-21) became available. Therefore most aircraft were sold to Bulgaria in 1966-1967.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19#Variants

2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 in East Germany and re-unified Germany

Just like every other Warsaw Pact country, East Germany employed the MiG-19 in small scale. In fact, only one unit of the Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee (Air Component of the National People's Army - LSK) operated the type.
A contract was signed on 5th September 1958 between East German and Soviet governments to delivery 12 Soviet MiG-19S for a valour of 17.25 million Ostmark. From March to September 1959, East German technicians underwent conversion training at Savasleyka Air Base, in the USSR, with the first 12 pilots taking training courses on the type from June to September.
The 1. Staffel (Squadron) of the Fliegergeschwader 3 (Air Wing 3) was the first unit to be equipped with the fighter in August 1959. However, for various kinds of reasons, the MiG-19s weren't operational until 1961. They relegated the outdated MiG-15bis, which were assigned to training units and had to serve alongside the MiG-17F in the FG.3.
The unit was renamed as Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 (JG.3) in January 1961 and eventually received the nickname of "Wladimir Komarov". The first squadron of this unit was equipped with MiG-19Ss until 1st September 1963 when it was re-equipped with the much capable MiG-21F-13.
Some of the East-German MiG-19 were unusual as they had a small strake aerial for the ARK-3A ADF at the junction and fin fillet like SM-12/2 and 12/3 prototypes.
Every MiG-19S serving with the LSK had a secondary strike role and therefore they were equipped with pylons on the wing leading edge for equipping ORO-57K FFAR pods. These changes were made at the Flugzeugwerft Dresden, later known as Elbe Flugzeugwerke.
At the same time, the 2. Staffel (2nd squadron) received a batch of 12 second-hand MiG-19PM interceptors in October 1959. After completing their training, the German MiG-19PM pilots took part in a gunnery exercise at a training ground in Krasnovodsk, in Turkmen SSR. These PMs remained in service until 1968 when they were replaced by MiG-21SPS.
Given that the MiG-19 was the first supersonic fighter of the LSK, it was surrounded by strict security measures with the storage areas well restricted for every person not associated with the fighter.
On 1st September 1963 every surviving MiG-19 was transferred to a single unknown squadron which kept on operating a mixture of MiG-19S and MiG-19PM until 1968 when they were replaced by MiG-21SPS. The last flight of a MiG-19 with the LSK took place on 25th October 1968 at the hands of Hpt. Harald Galfe. Every MiG-19 was put into storage.
A second unit, FG.8 at Marxwalde Air Base, in Brandenburg, was to be equipped with the type, but they never received it and transitioned straight from the MiG-17F to the MiG-21F-13 as the much better MiG-21 became available earlier than expected and the MiG-19 wasn't very popular among LSK personnel.
It wasn't popular because it was hard to maintain, it suffered from low reliability (partly because of the shortage of spare parts) and it had a high attrition rate. All those factors gave the type the nickname of the "Widow Maker" among the German pilots, specially when half of them, 6, were lost in crashes.
After German reunification, the Luftwaffe received the storaged MiG-19s and some of them were repainted and sent to museums while others were put as gate guards.

Sources:
1. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19#Operational_history
3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Flugzeugwerke

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, various European users

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 was the first Soviet supersonic fighter. It achieved fame for being world's first aircraft that could sustain supersonic speeds in level flight and there were many variants, which, for one circumstance or another, they saw service all around the world, among them, the following countries:

• Albania: The Albanian People's Republic Air Force received a batch of 12 MiG-19PM in October 1959 (according to some sources they were 15). These were the first Albanian aircraft to be equipped with radar and air-to-air missiles. Shortly after, in 1962 Albania broke diplomatic relations with the USSR and the Warsaw Pact and, in 1965 the MiG-19PMs assigned to the 7594th Fighter Regiment, based at Rinas Airbase, were shipped to China because the Chinese wanted to know about the Soviet radar technology, which they couldn't acquire firsthand. The MiG-19PM were traded over 12 new radarless Shenyang F-6.
  As we couldn't find graphical evidence of a pure MiG-19PM in Albanian colours, the drawing should be considered as speculative.
• Armenia: According to some sources some few MiG-19s were retained by the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States - Former Soviet Union Countries) countries. The Armenian Air Force had reportedly 30 MiG-19PM and MiG-19S in service in as late as 1995. However the serviceability of such old fighters seemed dubious. As we couldn't find graphical evidence of neither MiG-19PM nor MiG-19S in Armenian service, the drawings should be considered as speculative.
• Azerbaijan: Just like its neighbour, there were, reportedly, 40 MiG-19P and MiG-19S in service with the Azerbaijani Air Force in 1995. However just like Armenia, the serviceability was highly doubted. As we couldn't find graphical evidence, the drawing should be considered  as speculative.
• Latvia: There were reports of at least one MiG-19S serving with the Latvian Air Force. However it was written off shortly after Latvian independence in 1991. It seems that it was placed at Vainode Air Base as gate guard. As we couldn't find any photo or pic, the drawing should be considered as speculative.

Sources:
1. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, Egyptian users

In 1956 the Egyptian Air Force took a serious blow when Anglo-French forces destroyed the Egyptian Air Force on the ground. That's why when it was being rebuilt, in the summer of 1961 the USSR began delivering 80 MiG-19S. Some other sources, however, claim that deliveries began in 1958 and, by June 1962 there were already 100 MiG-19S serving. However those reports seem erroneous for various reasons.
Egypt was still nominally part of the United Arab Republic, however the united air arm did not manage to take any profit from this and, in September 1961 the United Arab Republic ceased to exist, even if the name was still being officially used by Egypt.
A number of MiG-19S (40 according to some sources, some of them being Czechoslovak made S.105) were sent to the Syrian Air Force before 1967.
The first action in the Middle-East of the MiG-19S took place in 1962 when Egyptian MiGs attacked Yemeni Royalist positions. The first aerial combat in the region took place 4 years later, on 29th November 1966 when an Israeli Dassault Mirage III shot down two Egyptian MiG-19Ss which were trying to intercept an Israeli Piper J-3 Cub reconnaissance airplane in Israeli airspace. The first MiG was destroyed by a R.530 missile fired from less than a mille away, making the first aerial kill for the French made missile, while the second one was shot down with the cannon, in the traditional way.
During the Six-Day War in June 1967 the MiG-19 Egyptian force was decimated as 17 aircraft were destroyed on the ground by Israeli Air Force and another 12 were shot down by Israeli Dassault Mirage IIICJs. Those number include the ones supplied to Syria. During this conflict, the Israeli pilots considered the MiG-19 as a potential dangerous adversary due to its performance, manoeuvrability and heavy armament.
After the war, the surviving MiG-19s were assigned to air defence tasks in Egypt's interior regions and, according to some sources, the Egyptian Air Force received 50 or 60 more MiG-19s from the USSR after the war as attrition replacements, however, according to some other sources, those aircraft were received from Syria and Iraq and by late 1968 there were more than 80 MiG-19s in service with the Egyptian Air Force.
During the period known as War of Attrition (1967-1970), on 19th May 1969, a single Egyptian MiG-19S engaged two Israeli Mirages shooting one down with cannon fire and making the other one flee. By the time the Yom Kippur War was waged in 1973 there were around 60 MiG-19S active with the Egyptian Air Force and they were used in the close air support role.
Some of the original Russian MiGs were used until as late as 1985.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19#Middle_East
2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, even more Asian users

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 is a Soviet single-seat twin-engine supersonic fighter which is capable of maintaining supersonic speeds at level flight. Its "S" variant was widely exported all around the world and it served, among many other, with the following countries:

• Afghanistan: Afghanistan was the last customer of the Soviet-built MiG-19s. Our source claims that it was in 1965 when the Republican Afghan Air Force took delivery of 18 ex-Soviet MiG-19Ss with some of them surviving long enough to take part in the April 1978 revolution and also the ensuing civil war. The only problem is that, by 1965 there wasn't any Republican Afghan Air Force, as it wasn't created until 1973. However, we decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and drawn a speculative Afghan MiG-19S set in 1975.
• Cambodia: According to some reports the Royal Khmer Aviation (RKA) received an unknown number of MiG-19Ss during the late 1960s when prince Norodom Sihanouk was in power. After the March 1970 pro-American coup which forced Sihanouk to exile, the fighters were taken into the Khmer Air Force (KAF) and used against the South Vietnamese FNL (National Liberation Front) partisans which were making raids into Cambodian territory.
• Indonesia: When President Sukarno was in power during the late 1950s and early 1960s Indonesia had good relations with the USSR and took profit of the Soviet military aid. Soviet assets were supplied to the Indonesian Air Force which, among other material, there was a batch of 35 or 40 MiG-19Ss. They served with many fighter squadrons, among them the No.12 Squadron and later they were transferred to the Indonesian Naval Air Arm.
  In 1966, Sukarno was overthrown by anti-communist General Suharto and, in the ensuing wave of repression, Soviet support was cut-off. Therefore, every Soviet equipment became unserviceable due to the lack of spare parts. One MiG-19S was lost in an uncontrolled dive during an airshow killing its pilot.
  One MiG-19S is currently at display in the Indonesian Air Force Museum.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19

2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter
3. https://www.valka.cz/Mikojan-Gurevic-MiG-19S-kod-NATO-Farmer-C-t12470

4. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, Asian and Middle-East users

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 is a Soviet-made single-seat twin-engined second generation supersonic jet fighter which is capable of maintaining supersonic speeds in level flight. The MiG-19S has been the most produced and exported variant with more than 1.000 exemplars manufactured it was exported to, among many others, to these next countries:

• Iraq: In spite of the contradictory reports about the MiG-19's career in Iraq, it seems that 15 MiG-19S were delivered to the Iraqi Air Force (IAF) in 1960. Other reports claim that they were complemented with 30 MiG-19s of unspecified origin, most probably, if those reports are right, from North Korea in 1983.
  Anyway, they were based at Al Rashed, Amarah, Karbalah and Jalibah Air Bases. A number of MiG-19 and its Chinese copy, the Shenyang F-6 were destroyed on the ground during Operation Desert Storm in January-March 1991, as Saddam Hussein ordered them to be strategically placed on his air bases as decoys in an attempt to save his real combat aircraft.
  Other reports claim that they were sold to Uganda, Afghanistan and North Korea.
• North Korea: After the mutual assistance and military co-operation treaty the the USSR and North Korea signed in 1961, an unknown number of MiG-19Ss was supplied to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Some sources claim 15 of them but it's most probably that there were at least twice as many.
  Thirty original MiG-19Ss were sold to Iraq in 1983. Given the high secrecy surrounding North Korea, the MiG-19S depicted below is speculative. 
• Syria: Syria became the second non Warsaw-pact nation to operate the MiG-19S as they received 40 from the USSR in 1958-1962. However, according to some report, they were acquired second-hand from Egypt. Many of them were destroyed on ground in 1967 during the Six Days War.
• North Vietnam: Forty-four MiG-19S fighters were supplied to the North Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force (NVDRAF) in 1968-1969 to equip the 925th Fighter Regiment. They were based at Yen Bai Air Base, close to Hanoi, and saw very active service through the second phase of the Vietnam War.
  Just like any other type of fighter in service with the NVDRAF the MiG-19S was mostly used for point air defence os strategically important targets against USAF bombing raids.  

Sources: 

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19

2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter
3. https://www.valka.cz/Mikojan-Gurevic-MiG-19S-kod-NATO-Farmer-C-t12470

4. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, various African users

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 is a Soviet second generation single-seat twin-engined supersonic fighter which is capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. The MiG-19S version, NATO codename 'Farmer C' is an improved variant with all-moving slab tail and equipped with Svod long-range navigation receiver. With more than a thousand units manufactured of this variant alone it was, reportedly, sold to various countries, among them, the following African ones:

• Algeria: The Algerian Air Force reportedly operated an unknown number of MiG-19S fighters. No further details are known and we couldn't find graphical evidence. So the reports are probably false and the MiG-19S never saw service with the Algerian Air Force. However, we drawn a speculative looking one.
• Congo-Brazzaville: The People's Republic of Congo Air Force had, reportedly, an unspecified number of MiG-19S. Unfortunately, any further detail is unknown, so the report is, just like the Algerian case, false. However, we drawn a speculative looking MiG-19S serving with this country's Air Force.
• Uganda: Many MiG-19S were reportedly supplied to the Uganda Army Air Force by Iraq. They were probably based in Entebbe. However, this report, just like the previous ones, seems to be erroneous and the Uganda Army Air Force probably never had any MiG-19 in service.

Sources:

1. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 - The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19#Variants

3. https://www.valka.cz/Mikojan-Gurevic-MiG-19S-kod-NATO-Farmer-C-t12470

4. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, American users

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 was a Soviet second-generation single-seat twin-engined supersonic fighter. As it was world's first mass produced supersonic aircraft, capable of supersonic speeds in level flight, it was exported and sold to many countries around the globe. Among them, the following ones:

• Cuba: When the Cuban Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (FAR) consolidated, some of their units were still equipped with the outdated MiG-15bis. In order to update their aircraft, they received a batch of 8 MiG-19P in November 1961, making the FAR the first Latin-American Air Force equipped with supersonic fighters. Most of them were based in San Antonio Air Base, in Artemisa province and served for a rather brief period of time, as they were retired in 1966 after being replaced by the MiG-21PFM. The MiG-19s were put into a reserve status and most of them were scrapped, as it proved a very complicated machine to maintain.
  It seems that the only variant of the MiG-19 used by the FAR was the "P" one. However, there are some reports (reported as either wrong or even false) that suggest that they also had the S and the PM variants serving in their rows.
  Anyway, at most, 12 MiG-19P served with the FAR from November 1961 until 1966. They were used to patrol Cuban aerospace during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
  As we like to draw even hypothetical aircraft, we decided to include those variants as well.
• United States of America: Even if there isn't official evidence of the MiG-19 flying in American colours, during the 1980s a MiG-19S built in Novosibirsk, was displayed at the Wright-Patterson Air Base in Dayton, Ohio as part of a display of the US Air Force Museum. Oddly enough, it was painted in People's Liberation Army Air Force's colours and insignia.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19

2. http://www.urrib2000.narod.ru/EqMiG19-e.html

3. Midland Publishing  - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter