Transport and utility helicopter · Air · Airbus Helicopters
Wikidata: 1979 utility helicopter family by MBB and Kawasaki
- Operators among the 24
- 1
- Active, across the 24
- 15
- On order, across the 24
- 0
- In service since
- 1982
Catalogue entry
- Designation
- BK 117
- First flight or launch
- 1979
- In service
- 1982
- Retired
- –
- Generation
- –
- Unit cost (US dollars)
- not published in Wikidata
- Manufacturers
- Airbus Helicopters
- Wikidata classes
- utility helicopter
- Identifiers
- Q39893 · factbase.org/sys/PJ30WE0M87 · 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.
15
| Nation | Active | Reserve | On order | Variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15 |
Transfers
Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.
Recipients: Iraq (28), South Africa (9), Chile (3), Colombia (1).
Related platforms
In the same category, in service within 15 years
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