first four aircraft arrived at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on 15 January 2016, followed by four more in July 2016 and four more in March 2017. In October 2017, the U.S. Air Force ordered six more, bringing the total to 26. After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, it is unclear if A-29s will continue to be operated by Afghans. National Air Force of Angola – six aircraft ordered. Deliveries were scheduled to begin in early 2012; but the first three were delivered on 31 January 2013. 8th Training Squadron Brazilian Air Force – 99 aircraft (33 A-29A & 66 A-29B). At least four aircraft have been lost. 1st Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group (1º/3º GAv) "Esquadrão Escorpião" (Scorpion Squadron) 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group (2º/3º GAv) "Esquadrão Grifo" (Griffon Squadron) 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Aviation Group (3º/3º GAv) "Esquadrão Flecha" (Arrow Squadron) 2nd Squadron of the 5th Aviation Group (2º/5º GAv) "Esquadrão Joker" (Joker Squadron) The Aerial Demonstration Squadron "Esquadrilha da Fumaça" Smoke Squadron (EDA) Burkina Faso Air Force – 3 aircraft delivered in September 2011 of version A-29B. Combat Squadron (Escadrille de Chasse) located at Ouagadougou Air Base Chilean Air Force 18 aircraft (12 first batch in 2008 and 6 second batch in 2018). Grupo de Aviacion N°1 located at Base aérea "Los Cóndores" in Iquique Colombian Air Force – 25 aircraft, introduced between 2006 and 2008. At least one aircraft crashed, claimed shot down by FARC. 211 Combat Squadron "Grifos" of the Twenty-first Combat Group at the Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base 312 Combat Squadron "Drakos" of the Thirty-first Combat Group at the Major General Alberto Pauwels Rodríguez Air Base at Malambo, near Barranquilla 611 Combat Squadron of the Sixty-first Combat Group at the Captain Ernesto Esguerra Cubides Air Base Dominican Air Force – 8 aircraft Escuadrón de Combate "Dragones" at the San Isidro Air Base Ecuadorian Air Force – 18 aircraft, all delivered by 2011. Ala de Combate No.23, "Luchando Vencerás", Base Aérea Eloy Alfaro, Manta Escuadrón de Combate 2313 "Halcones" Escuadrón de Combate 2311 "Dragones" Ghana Air Force – 5 aircraft ordered in 2015. The total value of the contract was $88million with loan from BNDES, which also includes logistics support and a training system for pilots and mechanics in Ghana. The first aircraft were expected to arrive in the second half of 2016, and will