 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1974, 12 MiG-21Bis dzakawanwa kubva kuSoviet Union, neaviri maviri-chigaro MiG-21UMs kutevera makore mashoma gare gare. Ava vokutanga Fishbeds vakashumira pamwe mana yasara MiG-17Fs uye akaona kurwa pazviitiko zviviri panguva Agacher Strip Warmuna 1974 vachirwa neUpper Volta, uye zvakare muna 1985 nenyika imwe cheteyo, zvino yava kunzi Burkina Faso. Muna 2005, vamwe vatatu MiG-21MFs vakaendeswa kubva Czech Republic, achisimbisa vakapona jets. Pakazosvika 2010, ndege dzeFishbeds dzaingobhururutswa pamhemberero chete. Pakazosvika January 2012, mumwe chete MiG-21MF uye mumwe MiG-21UM akaramba operative kusvikira vakanga grounded nokuda kwokushaya kupembedza zvikamu, zvombo, uye vatyairi vezvikepe mwedzi mishomanana gare gare. Muna Ndira 2013, Nigerian Air Force akatuma hwokugadzira chikwata kuna BamakoSénou International, nechinangwa refurbishing ari MiG-21s, asi chirongwa akasiyiwa. Dzimwe ndege dzakabviswa mubasa dzaiva nhanhatu dzeL-29 Delfins, idzo dzaishandiswa kurovedza. 