Announced December 13, 2017 as part of a us$ 120M donation package which includes 6 new MD 530G light attack helicopters, 6 new Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles, and leading edge communication and night vision devices.
On March 2021 training began in Mesa, Arizona. On October, 6 MD530F helicopters arrived to Beirut aboard a National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400F freighter.
Oct 11, 2021 · Black Hall Aerospace Inc awarded Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract to provide training and technical support to the Lebanese Air Force six MD530F armed helicopters
Oct 16, 2020 · MD Helicopters awarded Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts to support MD530F of Afghanistan Air Force ( retrofit 18 aircraft with Robertson crashworthy fuel systems, CWFS) and Lebanon (six new helicopters)
Oct 1, 2018 · Lebanese Air Force will receive 6 MD530G attack helicopters through 2020. Is the third order within the US Army IDIQ contract for approx 150 MD530 signed in 2017 for FMS sales