When in 1958 the French were looking for a replacement for their T-6's, they selected the North American T-28 Trojan/Nomad. The US Navy, however, had rights to all the new T-28s. Nevertheless, the French found some 148 ex-US Air Force T-28As stored at Davis-Monthan. Brought to France, the aircraft went through a complex overhaul at Sud Aviation, in 1959: the Wright R-1300 engine was replaced by much more powerful R-1820-76A, parts of the lower fuselage and cockpit were armoured, and the aircraft have got hard points for machine-gun pods, rockets and bombs. These 'new' T-28s, called 'Fennec' in Armee de l'Air, entered service in 1959-60 as pictured. They remained in active service with AdA until 1964.
They sold most of them to Morocco (25, pictured) and Argentina (65 T-28S
Fennec, pictured and 34 T28A. Used in the confrontation with chile over Beagle straight). Nicaragua purchased four (or 6) of these ex-Morocco aircraft. Argentina later sold some to Uruguay and Honduras (8, pictured used in the football war). Another 12 went to Haiti.
The T28 was also used by South Vietnam (30? pictured, operation Farmgate), Cambodia (47, pictured), Laos (55, pictured), Thailand (88, pictured), Ethiopia under the monarchy (24, pictured) and the USAF (pictured, the "secret war") and USN among others.