Del'd: 19 - 1987 to present

Bell 412
in
norway Luftforsvaret

Royal Norwegian Air Force







Luftforsvaret 412

Initially ordered in 1986 as the Bell 412SP Tactical Transport Helicopter, with deliveries by sea between Oct 1987 and Apr 1990. Entered service in 1989 and known as the Arapaho. Two serial batches 139-149 and 161-167, based on the last 3 of the c/n. Build numbers  87-1 to 87-16 allocated.

Norwegian Bell 412s were assembled by Helikopter Service from 1987. Since then, have been converted to the 412HP standard by Heli-One at Stavanger.

Norwegian Bell 412s celebrate 100,000 flight hours on December 2009.

They were deployed to Kosovo and Afghanistan



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Royal Norwegian Air Force Bell 412 Maintenance

Royal Norwegian Air Force Bell 412 Maintenance

11-Nov-21 - Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) based in Kjeller, Norway will provide aircraft maintenance for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF, Luftforsvaret) 18 Bell 412 helicopters #Bell412
Patria to Maintain Norwegian Bell 412

Patria to Maintain Norwegian Bell 412

26-Sep-17 - Patria (Sweden) awarded 3-years 7.1M EUR contract for the maintenance of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Bell 412 helicopters at their Stockholm Arlanda facility



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1990/14720 skvadronRygge
1987-    339 skvadron Rygge
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