This helicopter was constructed at the McDonnell Helicopters factory in Mesa, Arizona, in the US back in 1993. Later the same year, on August 19:th, the Swedish company SAAB Helikopter AB purchased the helicopter. It was registered SE-JBF and based at Skavsta Airport in Nyköping for demonstration purposes. The helicopter was sold to Helifly A/S in Norway in July 1995. This far SE-JBF has been the only MD 520N registered in Sweden.