2024年5月31日 · The Philippine Air Force embarked on rehabilitating its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-520MG Defender light attack helicopters, aiming to bring back mothballed helicopters as well as improving those that were still in service.

The 1st delivery of MD-520MG DEFENDER ATTACK HELICOPTERS is in early APRIL 1990. Equipped with .50-caliber machine guns and seven-tube rocket launchers, the MGs, as they …

The McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems MD 500 Defender is a light multi-role military helicopter based on the MD 500 light utility helicopter and OH-6 Cayuse Light Observation Helicopter. The original OH-6 Cayuse helicopter proved its worth during the Vietnam War in the light helicopter role.

The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is an American family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. The MD 500 was developed from the Hughes 500, a civilian version of the US Army's OH-6A Cayuse/Loach. The series currently includes the MD 500E, MD 520N, and MD 530F. The MD 500 was initially produced by Hughes Helicopters as the Hughes ...

2020年3月2日 · The MD-520MG are small, easy to maintain and operate, and simple helicopters that have been in service with the PAF since the early 1990s when the Philippine government acquired more than 30 brand new units from the US government under a …

2025年1月15日 · In this video, we take an in-depth look at the status of the Philippine Air Force's MD 520MG Defender fleet. Introduced in 1990, these helicopters have played a vital role in the country's...

2023年4月21日 · 25架md-520n/mg轻型武装侦察直升机 ，主要为美国麦克唐纳-道格拉斯公司生产，飞机具有结构紧凑灵活，飞行噪声小等优点，其中2011年左右获得升级版之后的md-520mg型武装直升机，这型飞机又被称为防御者直升机，具备一定程度的对地攻击能力。

2013年10月26日 · The MD 520MG attack helicopters were all sold to the Philippines unarmed, but were equipped with rocket and guns pods. Indigenous developments in both of these areas were reportedly also in service. The new engines would be used to both overhaul active helicopter and rehabilitate airframes that had been previously rendered not operational.

2017年12月24日 · The Philippine Air Force (PAF), through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), is allocating PHP7.9 million for the procurement of spares needed for the maintenance of the instrument system of McDonnell Douglas MD-520MG "Defender" attack helicopters.

MD 500的衍生型520N在2015年第一人称射击游戏《战地：硬仗》（Battlefield: Hardline）中以警方巡逻直升机之姿出现，因装设重机枪（主驾驶武器）和格林机枪（乘员武器）而使其实际定位类似于警用攻击直升机。