Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, various African users

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 is a Soviet second generation single-seat twin-engined supersonic fighter which is capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. The MiG-19S version, NATO codename 'Farmer C' is an improved variant with all-moving slab tail and equipped with Svod long-range navigation receiver. With more than a thousand units manufactured of this variant alone it was, reportedly, sold to various countries, among them, the following African ones:

• Algeria: The Algerian Air Force reportedly operated an unknown number of MiG-19S fighters. No further details are known and we couldn't find graphical evidence. So the reports are probably false and the MiG-19S never saw service with the Algerian Air Force. However, we drawn a speculative looking one.
• Congo-Brazzaville: The People's Republic of Congo Air Force had, reportedly, an unspecified number of MiG-19S. Unfortunately, any further detail is unknown, so the report is, just like the Algerian case, false. However, we drawn a speculative looking MiG-19S serving with this country's Air Force.
• Uganda: Many MiG-19S were reportedly supplied to the Uganda Army Air Force by Iraq. They were probably based in Entebbe. However, this report, just like the previous ones, seems to be erroneous and the Uganda Army Air Force probably never had any MiG-19 in service.

Sources:

1. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 - The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19#Variants

3. https://www.valka.cz/Mikojan-Gurevic-MiG-19S-kod-NATO-Farmer-C-t12470

4. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F, part nine, African users, part three

As we've said many times before, the MiG-17F was the fighter backbone of many African nations, among them the following ones:

• Mozambique: Just like it happened with Angola, People's Liberation Air Force of Mozambique (PLAFM) was created in 1975 after Independence War and the subsequent Civil War. Twelve MiG-17Fs were supplied to the PLAFM most of them to perform ground support missions as they didn't have to keep the skies clear. Many of them were ex-East German which were already modified for fighter-bomber operations and had already underwing pylons for carry either bombs or air-to-ground rocket launchers.
  The fighter-bombers were delivered to the port of Beira in August 1981 with a detachment of East-German pilots and technicians to put the aircraft together and test-flight them. In fact, the first test flight took place in Beira on 9th September 1981 at the hands of an East German pilot. By October it was officially accepted into the PLAFM. There are reports about additional shipping of two 12-plane batches in 1983 and 1984 but they were never confirmed. During the whole duration of the Mozambican Civil War, the MiG-17F were flown by two fighter-bomber squadrons based at Maputo Air Base and it's known that all of them were inoperative by the early 1990s.
• Nigeria: The MiG-17 first and the MiG-17F second, gave the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) combat capability after a Biafran attack on 13th August 1967 that damaged the already weakened NAF. After that attack, the USSR supplied the Nigerian Air Force with deliveries taken from Egyptian ports to Kano IAP. Initially just 8 MiG-17F were delivered. In July 1971 it was estimated that all of them were still active. They were taken out of service in 1975 following the delivery of the MiG-21 which replaced them. 
• Uganda: From 1966 until 1972 around 12 MiG-17Fs were supplied to Uganda, whose Air Force (from now on Ugandan Army Air Force - UAAF) was strongly influenced by the Israeli Air Force back then, hence that atypical camouflage configuration. At least four of them were destroyed in the Entebbe Raid in 1977 and the last ones were flown during the Uganda-Tanzania War in 1978 and 1979. One of them was shot down by Tanzanian SA-7 on 11th October 1978 and the remaining ones (just two or three) captured and destroyed by Tanzanian troops in April 1979. 

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique_Defence_Armed_Forces

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Uganda_(1971–79)

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda–Tanzania_War

6. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Aero L-29, part five, African users.

The Aero L-29 saw very active service in the African continent, in the next countries, among another oner that we'll post later:

• Angola: There are six L-29s in active service nowadays with the Angolan Air Force. Those were delivered during the 1970s and used during the Angolan Civil War. After that, they were used as their main trainer, role which they keep performing nowadays in the 9th Training Squadron, based at Menongue Air Base, in Menongue, Angola.
• Ghana: Some ex-Nigerian L-29s were sold to Ghana in the late 1980s. They served from 1989 until the mid 2000s when they were replaced by the Aero L-39. 
• Guinea-Conakry: The newly founded Guinean Air Force bought some Aero L-29s from Czechoslovakia to equip their training squadron. They served for an unknown period of time when they were retired.
• Nigeria: The Aero L-29 reached Nigeria in 1967 and served through Nigerian Civil War where it was used extensively as an attack aircraft. After that, they were used as trainers until they were either retired or sold to other countries like Ghana.
• South Africa: The South African 'Tyco Dolphins' acrobatic team operated at least one Aero L-29 during the 1990s.
• Uganda: The Ugandan People's Defence Air Force has six L-29s in inventory nowadays. They were bought directly to Aero during the 1970s and were used during the Ugandan-Tanzanian war in 1978. They are kept in active service nowadays.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-29_Delfín

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_Force_of_Angola

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Air_Force

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_Air_Force

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_People%27s_Defence_Force#Ugandan_People's_Defence_Air_Force