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Two Bell 429 helicopters delivered to JDF

20th August 2018 - 10:30 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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Bell Helicopter has delivered two Bell 429 helicopters to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF).

A third Bell 429 is scheduled to be delivered to the JDF in 2019. The three aircraft will be used for a range of missions including, SAR, medical evacuations, natural disaster relief, national security and military training.

Col Roderick Williams, the JDF’s Colonel Adjutant Quartermaster and a former Commanding Officer of the JDF Air Wing, said: ‘Over the years, our mission has evolved resulting in the need to acquire the Bell 429 to more effectively meet the demands of our mission profiles and further prove our rotary wing capability.

‘The Bell 429 offers excellent performance and advanced avionics with outstanding maintainability and aircraft readiness for multi-mission operations.’

The JDF fleet includes four Bell 407s, two Bell 412s and two Bell 206s.

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