Editing Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (section)

===Horn of Africa===
During the [[Ogaden War]] of 1977–78, [[Ethiopian Air Force]] F-5As engaged [[Somali Air Force]] MiG-21MFs in combat on several occasions. In one lopsided incident, two F-5As piloted by Israeli advisers or mercenaries engaged four MiG-21MFs. The MiGs were handled incompetently by the Somali pilots, and the F-5As destroyed two while the surviving pilots collided with each other avoiding an [[AIM-9]].<ref name="Gordon 2008" />{{page needed|date=December 2021}}

Ethiopia claimed to have shot down 10 Somali MiG-21MFs; while Somalia also claimed to have destroyed several Ethiopian MiG-21MFs, three F-5Es, one [[English Electric Canberra|Canberra]] bomber and three [[Douglas DC-3]]s.<ref name="Gordon 2008" /> Ethiopian MiG-21s were deployed largely in the ground attack role, and proved instrumental during the final offensive against Somali ground forces.<ref name="Gordon 2008" />{{page needed|date=December 2021}}

Ethiopian pilots who had flown both the F-5E and the MiG-21 and received training in both the US and the USSR considered the F-5 to be the superior fighter because of its manoeuvrability at low to medium speeds, its superior instrumentation and the fact that it was far easier to fly, allowing the pilot to focus on combat rather than controlling his airplane.<ref name="Wings">Cooper, Tom., "Wings over Ogaden, 2015, ch. 3</ref> This effect was enhanced by the poor quality of pilot training provided by the Soviets, which provided limited flight time and focussed exclusively on taking off and landing, with no practical training in air combat.<ref name="Wings"/><ref name="EEW">Cooper, Tom & Fontanellaz, Adrian, "Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars Volume 1, 2018, ch. 4</ref>