LifeNet of Maryland | June 5, 2026 | Hagerstown, MD
LifeNet 8-1, based at Hagerstown Regional Airport (KHGR / Richard A. Henson Field), took delivery of a new 2025 Airbus Helicopters H135 (EC135T3), serial number 2335, on June 5, 2026.
Registered as N81LN, the new aircraft will replace N971EC, a 2011 Airbus EC135T2+, shown above last year at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. N971EC originally entered service to replace N531LN following its accident in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
Operated by Air Methods, LifeNet 8-1 has been providing critical care transport since 2009. There is currently no official timeline for when N81LN will enter active service.
Photo by Roger Buck.