8-Aug-2011Source: Nightline
Nightline, Inc., a US Small Business Administration HUBZone certified, veteran-owned defense company, and a global supplier of Generation III Night Vision Equipment, was awarded a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Repair Station (Certificate #8NLR650B), in accordance with Part 145 regulations. To receive the certification, Nightline, Inc. worked with the FAA Flight Standard District Office in Nashville,... Read more
1-Aug-2011
Contacted wires on take off with patient from road accident site... Read more
28-Jul-2011Source: Erlanger Health System
Erlanger Health System’s air medical program, LIFE FORCE, has received a three-year accreditation for achieving high priority in patient care and safety from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). As of July 15, 148 accredited medical services are through CAMTS. LIFE FORCE is one of three air medical services in Tennessee that... Read more
9-Jul-2011
Fatalities named as Army 1st Lt. Thomas Joseph Williams Jr. and Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel Cole... Read more
3-Jul-2011Source: Vanderbilt LifeFlight
Vanderbilt LifeFlight has changed its flight crew helmets to mirror those worn by Vanderbilt University football players. LifeFlight crew member’s helmets provide safety, hearing protection, and are also part of the communication system onboard the helicopter. Previous helmets were solid white. The new helmets are designed with Vanderbilt gold, a white stripe down the middle,... Read more
28-May-2011
Forced landing on sloping ground and tail rotor struck ground... Read more
5-Apr-2011
Precautionary landing in field. FAA preliminary report quotes registration as “Wings 1” which would be the callsign. Wings Air Rescue operates four Bell 407s (N407WA, N911WA, N511MT and N513MT) and we expect the subject one here to be N407WA but we have not got 100% confirmation on that yet... Read more
28-Feb-2011
Bird strike which caused windshield to shatter... Read more
14-Jan-2011Source: Tennesseean
Swindle said the landing pad has come together as a community project, with support from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which has offered a windsock and specifications needed for their LifeFlight helicopters... Read more
12-Dec-2010Source: UT Lifestar
Representatives of UT LIFESTAR dedicated the newly constructed Sevier County base of operations during a partnership luncheon celebration at the base, located at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge airport in Sevierville. The Sevier County base continues to be the most heavily utilized of the five bases of operation for UT LIFESTAR, the air medical transport service of The... Read more
30-Oct-2010Source: Vanderbilt LifeFlight
Vanderbilt LifeFlight, one of the nation’s premier integrated air ambulance and critical care transportation systems, has announced four new leadership positions. Jeanne Yeatman, MBA, RN, EMT, director of LifeFlight, said the new positions would mark a new milestone for the program, which began in 1984. “This is the beginning of a new era for our... Read more
24-Sep-2010Source: Macon County Times
The Base of the Year Award is presented to the base in the Air Evac Lifeteam system that best exemplifies the company’s mission, including community service, education, and scene work.... Read more
23-Aug-2010Source: NewsChannel9
The rural air ambulance provider has added a new Bell 206L4 to its base at 100 Robinson Street in Etowah, replacing an older L1 model... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: Mid South Newz
Members of Air Evac Lifeteam held a ribbon cutting on Monday, August 16th. The medical services support company expanded to a base of operations in Savannah on July 1st... Read more
4-Aug-2010Source: Tennessean
Gregory Brown, who has been a trooper since 1997 and a helicopter pilot since 2007, has been put on paid administrative leave.... Read more
5-Jul-2010Source: MidSouthNewz.com
Air Evac Lifeteam, an independently-owned and operated air ambulance provider, has expanded its service area in Tennessee with the opening of a base in Savannah.... Read more
25-Jun-2010Source: Jackson Sun
A McNairy County airport will use a federal grant to build a hangar and living facilities for a Hospital Wing air ambulance base scheduled to open this year. It will be the company’s fourth base in the Mid-South.... Read more
26-May-2010Source: 11Alive
Georgia’s General Assembly has set aside $600,000 to subsidize one of Erlanger Medical Center’s helicopters. The hospital is in Tennessee, but serves many Northwest Georgians.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Jackson Sun
A spokeswoman says weather concerns prompted her medical transport company to turn down what appears to be the flight that led to a fatal Hospital Wing medical helicopter crash in Brownsville early this morning.... Read more
19-Mar-2010Source: TimesNews
Wellmont has served as the official health care provider for Bristol Motor Speedway for over a decade, and track legal counsel and Vice President Julie Bennett said the agreement for a medevac presence for the health system was easy to accomplish.... Read more
27-Jan-2010Source: Chatanoogan
Erlanger Senior Vice President Roger Forgey said the hospital’s LifeForce helicopter partnership with Med-Trans has worked out well for the hospital.... Read more
20-Jan-2010Source: Advocate & Democrat
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12-Jan-2010Source: TriCities
Edwards & Associates in Piney Flats, Tenn. announced a “workforce reduction†Monday. Their parent company, Bell Helicopter based in Fort Worth Tx., cut nearly 16-percent of the plant’s 315 employees.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Marshall County Tribune
The Farmington-Rich Creek Volunteer Fire Department has plans to build a paved helicopter pad next to its fire hall on Wade Brown Road, the fire chief said... Read more
2-Oct-2009Source: UT Medical Center
On Oct. 1, 1984, with one helicopter, UT LIFESTAR responded to its first call to transport a Loudon County patient suffering from a heart attack. Twenty-five years later, the areomedical ambulance program is celebrating its silver anniversary... Read more
1-Oct-2009Source: WBBJ
The Jackson Police Department announced the promotion of a 20-year veteran officer... Read more
2-Sep-2009Source: Leaf Chronicle
Air Evac Lifeteam selected clinical educator Mark Harvey of Clarksville, Tenn. as its 2009 Regional Clinical Educator of the Year August 7 during the company’s regional awards banquet in Florence, Ala.... Read more
27-Aug-2009Source: WDEF
Air Evac Lifeteam selected the 2009 Regional Mechanic of the Year during the company’s regional awards banquet in Lexington, Ky. The awards banquet honored employees from the company’s Lexington region, which includes bases in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and eastern Tennessee.... Read more
24-Aug-2009Source: Times Daily
The Air Evac Lifeteam base in Waynesboro has been recognized as the base of the year for the four-state south region, officials said. The Waynesboro base was selected out of 16 located in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia.... Read more
26-Jul-2009Source: Venderbilt Medical Center
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23-Mar-2009Source: Crossville Chronicle
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