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I-16 type 17Multipurpose FighterPolikarpov![]()
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Both types of aircraft were produced during 1938 and were tested in combat conditions in Spain. State tests of both aircraft took place in February 1939, at the airfield of the Air Force Research Institute in Shelkovo. Winter weather forced the aircraft to be equipped with retractable skis of the P-39 type.
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