Nicaragua
- On 12 June 1979, Nicaraguan National Guard pilot Captain Armangal Lara Cruz defected with his armed Cessna O-2 FAN-320 to the Costa Rica.
- On 23 December 1985, Sandinista Air Force pilot Sub.Lt. Salvador Blanco Lacayo defected to neighboring Honduras with An-2 light transport plane.
- On 8 December 1988, A Sandinista Air Force pilot Captain Edwin Estrada Leiva defected to Honduras in a Soviet-built Mi-25 attack helicopter.
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