In February 1942 Slovak Air Arms officially applied the German side for the delivery of 3 training aircraft Arado Ar 96 powered by Argus As 10C engine. The order was almost immediately refused but three month later RLM  agreed with the delivery of three machines. However one Arado Ar 96 (W.Nr.2882) was delivered before the supply of required 3 aircraft, probably as the demonstration plane. This machine had wooden propeller and it suffered a lot of failures. Three ordered aircraft came to the Trenčianske Biskupice airfield only on 28th of August 1943. They were allocated to Piešťany where they served for the keeping fit of the fighter pilots after the training in Danish Grove. At the beginning of October 1942 W.Nr. 2882 was returned to the German hands due to its frequent failures. But on 26th of February came another 2 machines. All this Arado's were located to the Training Flight of Air Regiment at Piešťany. The machine 2897 with the crew of npor. Klusáček and čtk. Palatický crashed on 25th of May 1943. The plane broke in the fuselage and however it sufferd hard damage it was transfered to Trenčín. But aircraft was never repaired. Another aircraft 2884 crashed on 25.08.1943 during its maiden-flight. Crew mjr. Kačka and rtk. Galbavý did a force landing but nor this machine was repaired. Remaining aircraft were used for the training of the next groups of fighter pilots at Piešťany and for the keeping-fit flights of the pilots beeing returned from the eastern front. Germany captured all other aircraft in the time of seizure the Piešťany airfield after the beginning of Slovak National Uprising.

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