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===Afghanistan===

===Afghanistan===

Soviet and Afghan MiG-21s saw service in the Soviet invasion of [[Afghanistan]], mainly in the fighter-bomber role.  Several were lost to ground fire, and at least one Afghan pilot defected with his plane to [[Pakistan]].<ref name="My">''The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Air Warfare'', ed. by Chris Bishop, Aerospace Publishing, 2001</ref>  Many Fishbeds survived the fall of the Soviet-backed government, but by the time the [[Taliban]] came to power in 1996, only a few were still operational due to shortage of spare parts.  It is unknown if any survived the American airstrikes of 2001.<ref>[http://www.mig-21.de/english/afghanistan.htm MiG-21.de]</ref>

Soviet and [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] MiG-21s saw service in the [[Afghanistan War|Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]], mainly in the fighter-bomber role.  Several were lost to ground fire, and at least one Afghan pilot defected with his plane to [[Pakistan]].<ref name="My">''The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Air Warfare'', ed. by Chris Bishop, Aerospace Publishing, 2001</ref>  Many Fishbeds survived the fall of the Soviet-backed government, but by the time the [[Taliban]] came to power in 1996, only a few were still operational due to shortage of spare parts.  It is unknown if any survived the American airstrikes of 2001.<ref>[http://www.mig-21.de/english/afghanistan.htm MiG-21.de]</ref>

===The Horn of Africa===

===The Horn of Africa===