Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

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Bell has delivered three of its 505 Jet Ranger X&nbsp;light turbine helicopters to the Royal Bahrain Air Force. This&nbsp;delivery marks the first of the type in the country and includes a package for training, tools, and spares.&nbsp;The Bahrain Defense Force is a Bell customer of long-standing, having flown models such as the 212 and AH-1 attack helicopter.&nbsp;
“We are honored to provide the Bahrain Defense Force another premiere Bell asset to train the next generation of Bahrani pilots,” said Sameer Rehman, Bell managing director for Africa and the Middle East. “Generations of Bahraini pilots have flown in Bell helicopters&nbsp;and the Bell 505 will continue the tradition.”&nbsp;&nbsp;
More than 30 Bell 505s operate throughout the Middle East and Africa. Bahrain joins other countries in the region employing the Jet Ranger X for helicopter flight training. UAE-based Horizon International Flight Academy &nbsp;operates 12 Bell 505s&nbsp;and the Royal Jordanian Air Force signed <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2022-11-02/royal-jordanian-air-force-selects-bell-505-training" target="_blank">an agreement</a> for 10 of them in November. Additionally, the Bell 505 is the military training helicopter for the Montenegro Air Force and&nbsp;the Republic of Korea army&nbsp;and&nbsp;navy.&nbsp;
To date, the OEM has delivered more than 400 Bell 505s&nbsp;and the fleet has amassed more than <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2022-02-09/bell-505-fleet-tops-100000-hours" target="_blank">100,000 flight hours</a>.

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