 In 1993, Croatia purchased about 40 MiG-21s in violation of an arms embargo, but only about 20 of these entered service, while the rest were used for spare parts.Croatia used them alongside the sole remaining defector for ground attack missions in operations Flash (during which one was lost) and Storm.The only air-to-air action for Croatian MiGs was an attempt by two of them to intercept Soko J-22 Oraos of Republika Srpska's air force on ground attack mission on 7 August 1995.