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Multipurpose utility helicopter
Bell 429 GlobalRanger is a multipurpose utility helicopter originating in United States/Canada/South Korea. It was built by Bell Helicopter. Current inventory lists document it in Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica.
United States/Canada/South KoreaMultipurpose utility helicopter
United States/Canada/South Korea
Bell Helicopter
In service
Canadian Coast Guard Royal Australian Navy (historical) Swedish Police Delaware State Police
500 (July 2024)
2007–present
2009
February 27, 2007
Bell 427
1 pilot
7 passengers (six in passenger compartment; one beside pilot) / 2,755 lb (1,250 kg) payload
41 ft 8 in (12.70 m)
13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
204 ft 3 (5.78 m 3 )
4,245 lb (1,925 kg)
7,500 lb (3,402 kg)
215 US gal (179 imp gal; 814 L) usable with 40 US gal (33 imp gal; 151 L) auxiliary fuel
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1 (or PW207D2 with fuel heater installed) turboshaft , 625 shp (466 kW) each maximum continuous
36 ft (11 m)
1,018 sq ft (94.6 m 2 )
- Narramore
150 kn (170 mph, 280 km/h)
155 kn (178 mph, 287 km/h)
390 nmi (450 mi, 720 km)
20,000 ft (6,100 m)
14,130 ft (4,307 m)
11,280 ft (3,438 m)
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Bell 429 GlobalRanger equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
CanadaCanadian Coast Guard exact named equipment holdings: Bell 429. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GuatemalaAir Force exact named equipment holdings: Bell 429. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GuyanaReported count for Bell 429 GlobalRanger. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
JamaicaAir Wing exact named equipment holdings: Bell 429. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
MoroccoAir Force exact named equipment holdings: Bell 429. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
NigeriaSecurity and Civil Defence Corps exact named equipment holdings: Bell 429. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
OmanReported count for Bell 429 · Bell 429 / Bell 429 · –. Service scope: Royal Air Force of Oman; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 5 / in service: 5. Origin: USA/Canada/South Korea. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
ThailandPolice Aviation exact named equipment holdings: Bell 429. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / None. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
TunisiaNational Guard exact named equipment holdings: Bell 429. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Bell 429. Service scope: Guatemalan Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Bell 429 · AB-429. Service scope: Royal Moroccan Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 4. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.