The Argentine Air Force purchased 8 Su-29ARs in 1997 and the aircraft were assigned to Sukhoi Squadron 1V of the 1V Air Brigade at Mendoza, for use by the Cruz del Sur Aerobatic team. One aircraft was lost in 2003 and the team, which last flew in 2006, was disbanded and the surviving aircraft put into storage at Rio Cuarto by 2007. Two of the aircraft were re-activated for a short period in 2010 but in 2021 a decision was made to sell all seven by auction and at least three had been placed onto the Argentine civil register by the end of 2021