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Bell Helicopter Delivers Final of 15 407GXP Helicopters To The Mexican Air Force

Monday, March 28th, 2016

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Bell Helicopter Delivers Final of 15 407GXP Helicopters To The Mexican Air Force

One of 15 Bell 407GXP helicopters delivered to the Mexican Air Force. Photo: Bell Helicopter Textron.

Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] delivered the last of 15 407GXP helicopters to the Mexican Air Force (FAM), the company said Monday.Mexico originally awarded the contract in March 2015 and this helicopter is being operated by the 111th Air Squadron based at the Military Airbase in Zapopan, Jalisco.The 407GXP, an upgrade to the company’s popular Bell 407 model, has a Rolls-Royce 250-C47B/8 turbine FADEC engine and can cruise at 246 km/hour. In the FAM parapublic role it can carry out command…

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