ordered 5 aircraft never delivered. Former operators Afghan Air Force has received several former Italian Air Force G.222s under a USAF contract. Following upgrades by Alenia, deliveries began in 2009. By December 2012, 16 aircraft had been delivered; the USAF canceled the contract then because of lack of maintenance support from Alenia and scrapped them in summer of 2014. Argentine Army Aviation had 3 aircraft. All retired as of December 2015. Italian Air Force operated 56 aircraft (44 G.222A, 4 G.222RM, 4 G.222SAA, 2 G.222TCM and 2 G.222VS). Officially retired in September 2005, but at least 1 G.222VS aircraft remains operational. Libyan Air Force operated 20 aircraft. By 2004, these had all reportedly been sold to a private company. Peruvian National Police Royal Thai Air Force operated 6 aircraft; retired as of 2010. Dubai had 1 aircraft (former operator). United States Air Force operated 10 C-27A (1990–99) US Department of State has 4 ex-USAF C-27As for transport in support of counter-narcotics activities in South America, primarily Colombia. Venezuelan Air Force - 6 aircraft Venezuelan Army - 2 aircraft Specifications (G.222) See also References Citations Bibliography "Two Twenty Two - Aeritalia's Airlifter". Air International. April 1977, Vol 12 No. 4. pp. 163–170, 202. "An Italian Mini-Hercules:The Versatile Two-Twenty-Two". Air International, April 1979, Vol 16 No. 4. pp. 170–173, 197-98. Baybrook, Roy. Battle for the Falklands (3): Air Forces, Osprey Publishing, 1982. . Donald, David and Lake, Jon. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Single Volume Edition. London:Aerospace Publishing, 1996. . Eden, Paul, ed. "Alenia G222 and C-27, Mini-Hercules". Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft. Amber Books, 2004. . Endres, Günter and Michael J. Gething. Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide. HarperCollins UK, 2005. . Evangelisti, Gianluca., Maurizio Spinoni., and Patrick F. Jones. "Enhancing Tactical Transport Capabilities: Cockpit Evolution from G222 to C-27J". NATO Research and Technology Organisation, April 1999. Feldman, Shai. The Middle East Strategic Balance, 2003–2004. Sussex Academic Press, 2004. . Gilson, Charles. "Italy's aircraft industry." Flight International, 29 April 1971. pp. 576–582. Girolami, Claudio and Mauro Quadro. C-27J Spartan: Paratroops and Loads Airdrop Qualification. Alenia Aeronautica, October 2006. Humphrey, James Harry. Issues in Contemporary Athletics. Nova Publishers, 2007. . McGowan, Sam. Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: Tactical Airlift in the Us Army Air Forces and Us Air Force from World War II to Vietnam. AuthorHouse, 2012. . Norton, Bill. STOL progenitors: the technology path to a large STOL transport and the C-17A. American Institute of Aeronautics