When President Carter banned the export of top-end American fighters in 1977, it left a gap in the market. The F-16/79 was built to fill it.
Playlist - Mirage 2000

Mirage vs. Sukhoi; February 10, 1995 – The Cenepa War
It isn’t well remembered in the rest of the world that Peru and Ecuador fought a brief conflict in 1995 over a disputed border area; the Cenepa War.