Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - USSR ta goyi bayan Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Jama'ar Yemen da Sojojin Sama na Soviet MiG-23BN da MiG-25R sun kasance a Aden tun daga ƙarshen shekarun 1970. A lokacin yakin basasa na Yemen ta Kudu
a cikin Janairu 1986, Soviet MiG-23BN ya gudanar da hare-haren iska don tallafawa sojojin masu aminci. Kusan kashi 90% na Sojojin Sama na Kudancin Yemen an shafe su a lokacin rikicin. 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 sun kasance koyaushe a ƙarƙashin ikon Soviet kuma sun janye daga baya.