Bell 412
in 
Luftforsvaret
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Del'd 19 · Service : 1987 to present
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
Units
| 1990-2014 | 720 skvadron |
| 1987- | 339 skvadron |
Platforms
| AO Marjata (1994) class |
