Family

Bell 204/205

Transport and utility helicopter · Air · Bell Textron · United States

Wikidata: American helicopter series

Operators among the 24
2
Active, across the 24
127
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1959

Catalogue entry

First flight or launch
1956
In service
1959
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
Bell Textron
Wikidata classes
aircraft family
Identifiers
Q2428191 · factbase.org/sys/0PHJ1F0J21 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
Türkiye68Bell 205A
Italy59Bell 204/205 AB-205, Bell 204/205 AB-212

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1965: 91966: 431967: 141968: 4111969: 1011970: 761971: 221973: 71974: 131975: 241976: 31977: 151978: 931979: 181981: 71984: 462013: 52024: 4196519952024max 411
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of Bell 204/205 by year

Recipients: Germany (352), Türkiye (189), Morocco (48), Greece (33), Italy (28), Israel (25), Iran (25), Saudi Arabia (24), Thailand (19), Tunisia (18), Brazil (14), Laos (14), Spain (14), Zambia (13), Philippines (11), Pakistan (10), Peru (9), Australia (8), Venezuela (8), Cambodia (6), Guatemala (6), United Arab Emirates (6), Singapore (6), New Zealand (5), South Korea (5), Uganda (5), Kuwait (4), Somalia (4), Chile (2).

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