Czech Air Force PLAAF got 4 L-29s in 1968. The Czechoslovak Air Force East German Air Force Egyptian Air Force – withdrawn Ghana Air Force Military of Guinea Hungarian Air Force Indonesian Air Force Iraqi Air Force – Received 78 L-29s between 1968 and 1974. A number were converted to Unmanned aerial vehicles in the 1990s. No longer operated Libyan Arab Republic Air Force 20 L29s recorded lost in 1987 during the final stages of the Chadian–Libyan conflict Air Force of Mali – 6 in service as of December 2012. Nigerian Air Force Romanian Air Force – all the L-29s were retired in 2006 Slovak Air Force – after dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 16 L-29 were given to newly independent Slovak Air Force. They were withdrawn in 2003. Syrian Air Force Ugandan Air Force Ukrainian Air Force Vietnam People's Air Force United States Navy operated as many as 2,000 DOSAAF Soviet Air Force Civilian operators Private L-29C, OK-ATS, Czech Jet Team Žatec – Macerka. Plane crashed on 10 June 2012, killing pilot and passenger. Private L-29, OK-AJW, Blue Sky Service Brno – Tuřany Two private L-29s, C-FLVB & C-FXZI, operated by International Test Pilots School, Canada as Flight Test Training tools. Two private L-29s, operated by the ACER Cold War Museum. Ex-Bulgarian Air Force. Private L-29, operated by Waterloo Warbirds. One L-29C, OY-LSD owned by Lasse Rungholm, Niels Egelund (until 31.12.2015), Claus Brøgger and Kåre Selvejer. L-29 ZK-SSU and ZK-VAU operated by Soviet Star from Christchurch International Airport. One civilian L-29 and one L-29 Viper operated by Feniks Aeroclub outside Moscow One private L-29C, OM-JET, owned by Ján Slota One L-29, OM-JLP is owned by Slovtepmont Inc. Cpt. Jozef Vaško and col. Radomil Peca in retirement are owners of one L-29, OM-SLK Two are operated by the University of Iowa College of Engineering's Operator Performance Laboratory. Used as high dynamics flight research aircraft for development of pilot state characterization One L-29, N29CZ, is operated by World Heritage Air Museum, in Detroit, Michigan. One as an avionics high dynamics flight test aircraft at the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Center Accidents On 18 August 2000, a privately owned L-29 was destroyed after it impacted with the water during an aerobatic display at the Eastbourne Airbourne Air Show, at Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. The pilot, a former member of the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Red Arrows display team, was killed with no visible signs