Alec Buck's EMS Helicopters

N119TA - Air Evac LifeTeam 1 based in West Plains at Ozarks Medical Center. Started operations in August, 1985. Thanks to Dave. Added 08/11/2001.

N32AE - Air Evac LifeTeam 3 is based in Cape Girardeau and started operations in July, 1987. Air Evac covers a 70 mile radius. Crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. Thanks to David Ellis, Paramedic Education Coordinator. Added 01/19/2002.

N59AE - Air Evac LifeTeam 8 is based in Farmington and started operations in August, 1998. Air Evac covers a 70 mile radius. Crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. Thanks to David Ellis. Added 10/20/2001.

N52AE - Air Evac LifeTeam 13 is based in St. Clair and started operations in July, 2000. Air Evac covers a 70 mile radius. Crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. They average around 45 flights per month. Thanks to David Ellis, Paramedic Education Coordinator. Added 01/19/2002.

N911QC - Air Evac LifeTeam 23 is based in Troy and started operations in March, 2002. Air Evac covers a 70 mile radius. Crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. Thanks to Tracey Stover-Wall, Flight Nurse Added 06/28/2003.

N51AE - Air Evac LifeTeam 24 is based in Poplar Bluff and started operations in April, 2002. Air Evac covers a 70 mile radius. Crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. Thanks to David Ellis, Paramedic Education Coordinator. Added 07/16/2002.

N117CJ - LifeFlight Eagle based in Harrisonville. LifeFlight Eagle is the result of a merger between the old Life Flight program and Research Eagle. Thanks to Kevin Orr. Added 06/20/2003.

N911WS - LifeFlight Eagle's other BK117 is based in Kansas City. LifeFlight Eagle serves a 150 mile radius of the Kansas City area. Thanks to Chuck Walker, Support Services Manager. Added 04/22/2000.

N782LF - This aircraft was from the old Life Flight program in Kansas City. It crashed on May 27, 1993 killing the pilot and a patient. Two other flight crew members survived. The Life Flight program merged with Research Eagle to form Life Flight Eagle. Thanks to Raymond Farrow, EMT.

N413MA - St. John's Life Line operates two helicopters from bases in Springfield and St. Robert. The program started in 1984. This EC135 entered service in January, 2002. Crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. Thanks to Carl Carlton. Added 05/06/2002.

N472AE - St. John's Life Line's new 2002 EC135P2 entered service in late 2002. It is shown in this photo at the Air Medical Conference in Kansas City in November, 2002. Metro Aviation is the vendor for Life Line. Thanks to Kevin Orr. Added 12/14/2002.

N781LF - LifeNet 2-2 based at Heartland Hospital in St. Joseph. The crew is pilot, nurse and medic. This helicopter has flown in the metro Kansa City area for over 20 years - was the old Spirit of Kansas City Life Flight 1. The vendor is Rocky Mountain Helicopters. Thanks to Patrick G. Brungardt from LifeCom Communications. Added 12/07/2002.

N105LC - Cox Air Care is based at Cox South Trauma Center in Springfield. Crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. Thanks to David Ellis. Added 01/19/2002.

N330SL - ARCH 3 from St. Louis is shown here visiting St. Elizabeth's Hospital (now called Gateway Regional Medical Center) in Granite City, IL in the summer of 2001. Thanks to Terry Weatherford. Added 07/09/2002.

N770SL - ARCH 7 based at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. Thanks to John Taylor, Flight Nurse. Added 10/12/2003.

N10UM - Staff For Life I from the University of MO Hospital and Clinics is based in Columbia. The vendor is Rocky Mountain Helicopters and the crew is Pilot, Nurse and Medic. This BK117 serves a 300 mile radius from Kansas City to St. Louis. Thanks to Wayne W. Chang for the use of this photo. (c) 1998

N22UM - Staff For Life II from the University of MO Hospital and Clinics is based at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. This A-Star serves the Lake of the Ozarks area. Thanks to Flight Medic Jeff Heinrich. Added 03/31/2001.

N550SL - MEDFLIGHT is based at St. Johns Regional Medical Center in Joplin. This BK117 replaced a BO105 in 1998. MEDFLIGHT is affiliated with ARCH (Area Rescue Consortium of Hospitals). Thanks to Mark Brown, Flight Medic. Added 04/28/2000.