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February 27, 2024 | Airbus Press Release | Anaheim, California HealthNet Aeromedical Services, headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, will soon expand its all-Airbus fleet with the addition of four H135 helicopters. As one of the largest hospital-based air medical programmes in the country, the helicopters will be used to serve adult, pediatric and neonatal patients across the […]

February 24, 2024 | Bedford, Massachusetts On February 24, 2024 – N143NE arrived in Bedford from Grand Prairie, Texas after undergoing a 5 blade upgrade. N143NE left Bedford back in August 2023 for the Airbus facility, taking almost 6 months to complete the upgrade. On the flight back to Bedford, the aircraft spent the night

January 28, 2024 | Bedford, Massachusetts On December 21, 2023 – N246NE arrived in Bedford from Shreveport, LA. The arrival of this new aircraft continues the BFM fleet moderization. Our records now show their fleet being comprised of: N141NE: D2 with 5 blade retro N142NE: D3 N143NE: presently at Grand Prairie for 5 blade retro

January 22, 2024 | Air Evac Lifeteam Facebook Post | Weatherford, Oklahoma We are heartbroken to report that three crew members have perished in an accident that occurred on Saturday, January 20. At 11:23 pm local time AEL’s Operations Control Center (OCC) lost contact with the aircraft, a Bell 206L3 with call sign N295AE. The

December 06, 2023 | MedFlight of Ohio | Portsmouth, Ohio Last week MedFlight 7, based at Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport, ceased operations. According to newpaper reports, the closing is a result of staffing issues, climbing expenses and reimbursement issues. This base started operations in 2006 as joint Air Mehods program between MedFlight of Ohio and HealthNet in

November 13, 2023 | MetroHealth Press Release | Cleveland, Ohio MetroHealth officials and community partners celebrated the opening of the new helipad on Main Campus with a special ribbon cutting on Tuesday, November 14. The new helipad, located on the roof of MetroHealth’s Critical Care Pavilion, is the latest piece of a $1 billion transformation

October 06, 2023 | Promedica Air and Mobile Press Release | Toldeo, Ohio   This week ProMedica Air and Metro Life Flight held a ribbon cutting at Sandusky Regional Airport to launch its new EC145 helicopter into service. The new helicopter will be replacing one of the fleet’s EC135 helicopters. The EC145 is upgraded with

July 26, 2023 |Roger Buck | Stevens, PA This week N811LV , sporting a new Wellspan livery, entered service as WellFlight 4-90 based at the Stevens Fire Department in Stevens, Pennsylvania. N811LV replaces N341AM, the temporary Air Methods aircraft brought in to start up the base in March 2023.  The seasoned enthusiast will recognize N811LV

July 17, 2023 | Mercy Flight Press Release | Canandaigua, NY Mercy Flight Central is celebrating an exciting milestone as the first of their four new AW119 helicopters goes into service on Monday, July 17, 2023. The state-of-the-art helicopter will be in service at the Canandaigua base, with their Marcellus and Rome bases next to

June 18, 2023 | Roger Buck | Kutztown, PA On May 25th, N241AM entered service as MedEvac 1 at the their Kutztown base. Replacing  N811LV, a 2016 EC130T2, this 2007 EC135 P2+ previously served with Mercy Air on the west coast. N241AM will transition to registration N811LV.Photo by Roger Buck.