HealthNet| September 15, 2025 | Charleston, WV
N228HN, the third of five brand new Airbus H135s, arrived in West Virginia on September 16th. N228HN will go into service as HealthNet 9, based at Greenbrier Valley Airport in Lewisburg.
Photo from HealthNet Facebook Feed.
Cleveland Clinic Transport | September 13, 2025 | Cleveland, OH
N709P departed Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland on September 13, 2025, ending a 17 year run of Sikorsky S76 aircraft serving Cleveland Clinic.
Our database shows a new EraMed contract in 2008 brought in three S76 Sikorsky aircraft. Two of these came from the dissolved University MedEvac program in Pennsylvania – N886AH and N911LV. Also brought in was N574EH.
Sometime in late 2011 or early 2012 a vendor change was made to PHI. At that time PHI brought in N761P, N766P, and N767P. Our database also shows N759P arriving sometime around 2016, N709P in 2017, and N798P in 2019.
Completing the transition from S76 to three MBB-BK117D2 aircraft was the arrival of N979CC on September 3rd. The fleet now consists of N971CC, N972CC, and N979CC.
Cleveland Clinic’s helicopter program started in 2006, under a contract with STAT MedEvac. In those first two years the program flew N980ME, a BK117C2.
Photo from Cleveland Clinic Facebook Feed.
HealthNet| August 29, 2025 | Charleston, WV
N600HN | 2024 EC135P3 | SN 2288
The first of 5 brand new Airbus H135s has entered service at Upshur County Airport as HealthNet 6. N600HN arrived in West Virginia on July 17th. This aircraft replaces a 2013 EC135P2+.
Photo from HealthNet Facebook Feed.
LifeNet of New York | August 28, 2025 | Ticonderoga, NY
Sharing this post from the LifeNet of New York Facebook page:
We are devastated to share that Flight Paramedic Kevin Robert passed away last night, August 27th, following a sudden medical emergency. Kevin, alongside a flight nurse and pilot, were caring for a patient aboard LifeNet 7-13, based out of Ticonderoga, NY.
Our crew quickly landed at a nearby hospital while our communications center coordinated emergency resources for Kevin and our patient. Despite the extraordinary efforts of our crew, communications teams, first responders, and the hospital staff, Kevin could not be revived.
Our priority now is the well-being of our teammates and the continued support of Kevin’s family. The Ticonderoga base remains on safety stand-down as we allow our team the time and space they need to grieve.
We ask that you keep Kevin’s family, friends, and teammates in your thoughts, and join us in respecting their privacy as we all navigate this heartbreaking loss. We will forever cherish the memories Kevin leaves with us, and we will carry his memory and legacy with us on every mission.
Photo from LifeNet of New York Facebook Feed.
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.
Photo by: Penn State Health
HealthNet| August 5, 2025 | Charleston, WV
N222HN, the second of five brand new Airbus H135s, arrived in West Virginia on August 6th. N222HN will go into service as HealthNet 2, based at Jackson County Airport in Ravenswood.
Photo from HealthNet Facebook Feed.
PennSTAR | August 4, 2025 | Doylestown, PA
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.
Photo by: Roger Buck
Temple MedFlight | August 4, 2025 | Langhorne, PA
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.
Photo by: Roger Buck
WellSpan WellFlight| July 30, 2025 | Lebanon, PA
According to reports from Air Methods, the WellSpan Wellflight 4-90 program in Lebanon, PA will cease operations on October 15, 2025. WellFlight 4-90 started operations in the summer of 2023, based at Stevens Fire Company. In 2024 the helicopter relocated to the Lebanon County 911 Center.
WellFlight’s Gettysburg flight program will not be affected and will continue to operate as normal.
The photo above was taken in 2023 at Stevens Fire Company, the aircraft was still sporting the old LVHN MedEvac registration of N811LV.
Phot by: Roger Buck
HealthNet| July 17, 2025 | Charleston, WV
N600HN, the firstof five brand new Airbus H135s, arrived in West Virginia on July 17. N600HN will go into service as HealthNet 6, based at Upshur County Airport in Buckhannon.
Photo from HealthNet Facebook Feed.