These walk-around photos were taken at Västerås Flygmuseum 2017. They show an Agusta-Bell 204B in Swedish Army service, designated Hkp 3C and coded 51, serial 03311. The design was a development of the legendary Bell UH-1 Iroquois — the "Huey" of Vietnam War fame — built under licence by Agusta in Italy. In 1960 the Swedish armed forces selected the type as their first medium-lift helicopter, ordering 19 examples designated Hkp 3, of which 12 went to the Army and 7 to the Air Force. The original aircraft suffered from an underpowered Rolls-Royce Gnome engine and early reliability problems, which led to progressive upgrades through the Hkp 3B and finally the Hkp 3C standard, the latter featuring a more powerful engine, longer rotor blades and an extended tail boom. The Army's Hkp 3Cs were used primarily for troop and casualty transport, telecom and radar maintenance in inaccessible terrain, and rescue missions.
Serial 03311 was taken on strength in 1964 and served with the Swedish Army's helicopter units for nearly four decades, eventually flying its last sortie in 2001. It is now on static display at Västerås Flygmuseum, one of several Hkp 3Cs preserved at museums around Sweden.