Mozambique
- On 12 March 1963 1st Lieutenant Jacinto Suarez Veloso had defected from the Portuguese Air Force by flying his T-6 trainer across the border to Tanzania.
- On 8 July 1981 Lieutenant Adriano Francisco Bomba flew a MiG-17 from Maputo to over the Kruger Park, to South Africa, after which he was intercepted and escorted to land at Air Force Base Hoedspruit. On landing he asked for political asylum. The aircraft was later returned to Maputo by road, after extensive examination, flight testing and an appearance at an air show.
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