L?tvi? will ???ch?s? ???? MD 530F li?ht ?tt?ck ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? h?lic??t??s int?n??? ??? th? L?tvi?n N?ti?n?l A?m?? F??c?s ???m th? Unit?? St?t?s, int?n??? ??? ???vi?in? cl?s? ?i? s?????t ?n? which c?n ?? ??m??. Th? ???ch?s?? li?ht ?tt?ck h?lic??t??s will h?l? c???? ??t ?i? ?????ti?ns ???inst ?n?m? t????ts ?t cl?s? ??n??, ???vi?? ?i? s?????t ??? c?m??t s???ch ?n? ??sc?? ?????ti?ns, ?s w?ll ?s c???? ??t t?ctic?l ??c?nn?iss?nc? ?n? t??ns???t ?????ti?ns. In ???c?tіm?, h?w?v??, th?s? h?lic??t??s will ?? ?s?? t? m?int?in th? ???li?ic?ti?ns ?? L?tvi?n Ai? F??c? ?il?ts ?? th? N?ti?n?l A?m?? F??c?s.
It is ?x??ct?? th?t L?tvi? will ??c?iv? ? ??ll c?st ????? ???m th? m?n???ct???? in th? ?i?st h?l? ?? n?xt ????, th?n it will ?? ??ssi?l? t? ????? ?n ? s??ci?ic ??liv??? t??m. It h?s ?l????? ???n ?????t?? th?t L?tvi? h?s ???ch?s?? ???? Sik??sk? UH-60M Bl?ck H?wk m??i?m-li?t ?tilit? milit??? h?lic??t??, which ???l?c? th? ?h?sic?ll? ?n? m???ll? ??t??t?? S?vi?t-m??? Mil Mi-17 (NATO ?????tin? n?m?: Hi?) milit??? h?lic??t?? ?i?c???t, which w??? ?s?? ??? s???ch ?n? ??sc?? ?????ti?ns, ???i?l ?i???i?htin?, m??ic?l ?v?c??ti?n ?n? ?i? t??ns???t, ?s w?ll ?s ??? s?????t in t??inin? ?????ti?ns.
Th? MD 530F is ? li?ht ?tt?ck ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? h?lic??t?? m?n???ct???? ?? MD H?lic??t??s (???m??l? McD?nn?ll D???l?s H?lic??t?? S?st?ms). It w?s ??v?l???? ?s ? s?cc?ss?? t? th? MD 500E li?ht ?tilit? h?lic??t??. Th? MD H?lic??t??s MD 500 s??i?s is ?n Am??ic?n ??mil? ?? li?ht ?tilit? civili?n ?n? milit??? h?lic??t??s. Th? MD 500 w?s ??v?l???? ???m th? H??h?s 500, ? civili?n v??si?n ?? th? US A?m?’s OH-6A C???s?/L??ch. Th? s??i?s c????ntl? incl???s th? MD 500E, MD 520N, ?n? MD 530F. F?ll?wіп? th? 1997 B??in?-McD?nn?ll D???l?s m?????, B??in? s?l? th? ???m?? MD civil h?lic??t?? lin?s t? MD H?lic??t??s in ???l? 1999. Milit??? v??i?nts ??? m??k?t?? ?n??? th? MD 500 D???n??? n?m?.
Th? MD 530F h?lic??t?? is ? ?iv?-?l???, ????-??ss?n???, sin?l? ?n?in?, sin?l? ?il?t c????l?, m?lti?????s? ?i?c???t s??ci?ic?ll? ??si?n?? ??? m??tin? ?xt??m? ????i??m?nts in h?t-t?m????t???, hi?h?ltit??? ?????ti?ns.
Th? MD 530F ?s?s ? sin?l? R?lls-R??c? 650 sh??t h??s???w?? (sh?) t????sh??t ?n?in? is c????ntl? in ?s? ?l???ll? ?? c?mm??ci?l, ??v??nm?nt, ?n? ????i?n milit??? ?????t??s. Th? c??in is ??ti?n?ll? c?m??ti?l? with ni?ht visi?n ????l?s (NVGs) ?n? ?ls? incl???s ?ll th? ????i??? civil ?n? t?ctic?l c?mm?nic?ti?ns ?n? n?vi??ti?n s?st?ms. In ???iti?n, th? ?i?c???t inc??????t?s ?n ?nh?nc?? ?l?ss c?ck?it ??si?n.