Life Lion| August 7, 2025 | Hershey, PA From the Penn State Health Facebook Page:
After more than two decades of lifesaving service, Penn State Health Life Lion’s Critical Care Transport helicopter, N600LL, took its final flight on Thursday, Aug. 7. Since its first mission on May 14, 2001, this incredible aircraft has transported more than 9,000 patients over 8,222 flight hours — carrying hope and care when it mattered most.
The final flight was piloted by Life Lion Chief Pilot Randy Emery, who also flew the helicopter’s inaugural flight and will be retiring in a few months after 25 dedicated years with Life Lion.
PennSTAR 6 relocated today from KVAY (South Jersey Regional Airport) in Lumberton, New Jersey, to Penn Medicine Doylestown. Doylestown Hospital became part of Penn Medicine back on April 1, 2025, so no surprise that PennSTAR would place an aircraft at this location.
Prior to this, Temple MedFlight was based at Doylestown Hospital. Temple relocated to St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne back in early July. Prior to Temple MedFlight, Doylestown Hospital was home to University MedEvac 5 back in the early 2000s.
Temple MedFlight recently relocated from Doylestown (PA) Hospital to St Mary Medical Center in Langhorne. Looking at the flightaware logs, looks to have relocated on July 6th.