Kammala jumla mai zuwa: USSR ta tallafawa Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Jama'ar Yemen tare da Sojojin Sama na MiG-23BN da MiG-25R da ke zaune a Aden farawa daga ƙarshen 1970s. A lokacin da
Yakin basasa na Yemen ta Kudu a watan Janairun 1986, Sojojin Soviet MiG-23BN sun kai hare-hare don tallafawa sojojin masu aminci. Ba a bayyana ba ko an taɓa canja waɗannan MiG-23 zuwa ikon Kudancin Yemen kuma daga baya zuwa hadadden Sojojin Sama na Yemen ko kuma koyaushe suna ƙarƙashin ikon Soviet kuma sun janye daga baya.