No, mostly you are right there were between 4 and 7 aircraft delivered and apparetnly in rather bad condition. According to some sources they were from Poland according to others from Belarus. Perhaps the Ugandans have sourced MiG-21s from both countries. Apparently some of the Ugandan pilots refused to fly them because they had no log books but they have been flown by Russian contract pilots and Ugandan pilots have been sent to Israel and Eastern Europe for training. One of the Ugandan MiGs was definetly lost when it crashed into lake Victoria and of the rest at least one is a MiG-21UM/US trainer. The remaining aircraft were refurbished at IAI and fitted with flare dispensers and probably also with new ejection seats. I’m not sure whether this was just a refurbishment or whether it was the full MiG-21-2000 upgrade.

I think they were delivered from Poland, there’s a picture of the Migs still wearing their Polish serials and alu paintsheme.

Zaire acquired MiG-23’s? When was this? I know Zimbabwe took delivery of MiG-23’s. Were these aircraft actually re-directed to the Democratic Republic of Congo?

I thought that these were the only ones operational. 7 were delivered of which about 5 or 6 entered service. I think at least one has been lost

I could be wrong though.

Zaire didn’t use Mig-23s, they were were gifted to the Kabila regime by Libya.
The only fighter jets Zaire operated were Mirage Vs, EMB-326s, Soko Jastrebs, one Galeb and Mig-21PFMs.

All this only works in theory kids. 50 Su-30 Mk’s will not stand up to the first raid by 100 F-15 + 100 F-18 with E-3 and E-2?

So why does Serbia still have five intact Mig-29s?

mm2000 do you have information about possible combat operations of the Iraqi air force in the period from 1991 to 2003? What aircraft did Saddam use against the Kurdish and Shia insurgencies?

What about some Ugandan stuff? :dev2:
-General Idi Amin inspecting his airforce in 1974
-several L-29s perform a flyby
-a Ugandan Huey, has anybody ever seen this roundel before?
-Idi lands at a remote village
-a L-29 in Israeli colours preparing for start
-interestingly Ugandan L-29s wore no less than three camo shemes: the purple and brown Israeli one, a tan and green mottled one and the one that can bee seen on this picture.

An SU-25K Frogfoot-A and Mi-35V Hind-E over Kinshasa during the elections.

Thanks very much!!! A really great find. Are you sure these pics were taken during the election? I’m asking because the Su still wears the old flag which was replaced some months ago.

If we all agree, and we all do, that 24 or 240 Flankers mean no real threat to the US war machine.

I still think those Sukhois could be quite useful in a limited conflict. For example: Chavez buys North Korean long range range missiles which could reach the USA, they send over a carrier and some F-18s to destroy them. In such a scenario anti-ship missile equipped Su-30s could pose a real threat.