Saturday, 6 April 2019

Aero L-29, part five, African users.

The Aero L-29 saw very active service in the African continent, in the next countries, among another oner that we'll post later:

  • Angola: There are six L-29s in active service nowadays with the Angolan Air Force. Those were delivered during the 1970s and used during the Angolan Civil War. After that, they were used as their main trainer, role which they keep performing nowadays in the 9th Training Squadron, based at Menongue Air Base, in Menongue, Angola.
  • Ghana: Some ex-Nigerian L-29s were sold to Ghana in the late 1980s. They served from 1989 until the mid 2000s when they were replaced by the Aero L-39. 
  • Guinea-Conakry: The newly founded Guinean Air Force bought some Aero L-29s from Czechoslovakia to equip their training squadron. They served for an unknown period of time when they were retired.
  • Nigeria: The Aero L-29 reached Nigeria in 1967 and served through Nigerian Civil War where it was used extensively as an attack aircraft. After that, they were used as trainers until they were either retired or sold to other countries like Ghana.
  • South Africa: The South African 'Tyco Dolphins' acrobatic team operated at least one Aero L-29 during the 1990s.
  • Uganda: The Ugandan People's Defence Air Force has six L-29s in inventory nowadays. They were bought directly to Aero during the 1970s and were used during the Ugandan-Tanzanian war in 1978. They are kept in active service nowadays.









Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-29_Delfín
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_Force_of_Angola
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Air_Force
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_Air_Force
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_People%27s_Defence_Force#Ugandan_People's_Defence_Air_Force

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