Pointed nose and various interior improvements. Built by Hughes between 1982-1984. Then as McDonnell Douglas MD500E.
369 Military and 500E civilan variants.
Model News
Columbus Police Upgrades to MD530F, 27-Apr-17 : Ohio’s Columbus Police to upgrade its 2 remaining MD500E helicopters.
MD Helicotpers (MDHI) E-to-F model conversion program will deliver FAA-certified MD530F model helicopters in less than 12-weeks
Converted MD530F for the Gwinnett County Police, 30-Sep-15 : MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) delivered a MD500E, the first of two helicopters, converted to a newly certified, zero-time MD530F model to the Gwinnett County Police Department in Georgia.
Columbus Police Received Converted MD530F, 14-Sep-15 : Two 2007 MD500E Columbus Police Department helicopters return to service as new, factory-built, FAA-certified MD530F models.
Columbus Police Converts MD500E to MD530F, 13-Jun-15 : The Columbus Police Department will upgrade four of its MD500E helicopters to new MD530Fs through an FAA-approved factory recertification program at MD Helicopters production facility in Mesa, Arizona
N500SY : test serial N5144Q; USA 1983; 0454e Inc Trustee at Wilm+ N500SY : Eastern Atlantic Helicopters from Jul06 pictured at Duxford for Helitech 2011
G-OMJH : Aug83-Jul84 G-OEPF : Jul/Sep 1984 G-SUTT : Sep84-Oct91, to N33MM pictured at Hannover-Langenhage, Germany. AH-64A 85-25+ TI-AUB : Costa Rica, ex N33MM,to N500LK N500LK : N501ek Llc at Ft Myers, FL Nov07-Jan13 Haverfield International Inc at Gettysburg, PA from Feb+
N501RB : ex N5251Z N550JM : Rivcorp at Riverside, CA from Nov91 City Of Riverside ;
Riverside Police ;
pictured (pic1+ Nov17 pictured (pic2) still with Riverside Police
N888SD : Summit Helicopter Inc from Feb02; 21mar14 pictured at + N888SD : private at Pacoima, CA from Feb14 N618SG : Helicopters Unlimited Llc at La Crescenta, CA from Jan1+
N5146N : to N90TJ N90TJ : Rotorall Corp Apr93 at Ann Arbor, MI; N133RL ntu Bijan Air at Ann Arbor, MI Dec15-Feb17 N774CB : Bulanov Galis Llc at Chesapeake, VA from Jan18
C-GRVV : Nova Scotia Power Corp at Halifax, NS Jan85-Jan95 C-GRVV : Province Of Nova Scotia, Department Of Natural Resource+ N500TY : Eastern Atlantic Helicopters Inc at Wilmington, DE 2003+ N500TY : Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee at Suffolk, U+
N5189K : Gwinnett County Police Department (GCPD) from Feb88 MD530F Sep15 converted to MD530F c/n 0603FF Gwinnett Police (GCPD); w/o at Gwinnett County Airport+
N500SY : test serial N5144Q; USA 1983; 0454e Inc Trustee at Wilm+ 
N500SY : Eastern Atlantic Helicopters from Jul06 
pictured at Hannover-Langenhage, Germany. AH-64A 85-25+ 
TI-AUB : Costa Rica, ex N33MM,to N500LK 
HI-444CA : Dominican Republic, to N6508U 
HC-BYM : pictured at Cerro Azul, Ecuador 
C-GRVV : Nova Scotia Power Corp at Halifax, NS Jan85-Jan95 
MD530F 
Sep15 converted to MD530F c/n 0603FF 
1420 : RJAF 5 Sqn