Engineering:List of MiG-23 operators

This is a list of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 operators. Active operators are in bold

Operators

As of 2021, the MiG-23 is operated by the air forces of Angola, Cuban Air Force , Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ethiopian Air Force , Kazakhstan Air Force , Libyan Air Force , North Korean Air Force , Sudan, Syrian Air Force and Zimbabwe Air Force .

Angola

• Angolan Air Force

The Angolan Air Force (FAPA) recieved a large number of MiG-23s from the Soviet Union. Additionally, aircraft operated by the Cuban Air Force and later Executive Outcomes mercenary pilots were operated from Angolan bases.

• • 25th Air Combat Fighter Regiment
    • 12th Fighter Squadron
    • 13th Fighter Squadron

Soviet Union

• PVO (Soviet Air Defence Forces)
• Soviet Air Forces (Tactical Aviation)
  • Direct Reporting Units
    • 4th TsBP i PLS, Lipetsk
      • 91st IISAP, Lipetsk
      • 455th IISAP, Lipetsk
    • 760th UAP
    • 1080th UATs PLS, Borisoglebsk
      • 1st GvIAPIB, Lebazh'ye
      • 343rd IIAP, Bagai-Baranovka, Saratov
    • Chernigov VVAUL
      • 701st UAP, Pevtsy
    • GNIKI VVS
      • 333rd OIAP, Vladimirovka
    • 4020th BRD, Lipetsk
    • 4215th BRS, Dmitryevka
  • Moscow Military District
    • 9th IAD, Kubinka
      • 234th 'Prooskorovskiy' GvIAP, Kubinka
      • 32nd GVIAP, Shatalovo
  • Baltic Military District
    • 15th Air Army
  • Belorussian Military District
    • 26th Air Army
  • Carpathian Military District
    • 14th Air Army, Lvov
  • Central Asian Military District
    • 73rd Air Army, Tashkent
  • Far Eastern Military District
    • 1st Air Army, Khabarovsk
• Soviet Naval Aviation