Premier Health Miami Valley CareFlight Air and Mobile Services, based at Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) in Dayton, Ohio, placed the region’s first air ambulance into service in October 1983. The program is accredited by CAMTS.
CareFlight helicopters serve more than 450 agencies across 17 counties and are stationed at Miami Valley Hospital, Darke County Airport, Warren County Airport, and Grimes Field in Urbana. The maintenance hub is located in Dayton.
The service was operated by Air Methods until 2025, using AS365 Dauphins (N730CF, N625CF, and N164CF) and an EC135 (N3842, added after the loss of N520CF in 2022).
From 2026, Premier Health signed a new Part 135 contract with HeliService USA, marking HeliService’s debut in the U.S. air medical market.
CareFlight helicopters serve more than 450 agencies across 17 counties and are stationed at Miami Valley Hospital, Darke County Airport, Warren County Airport, and Grimes Field in Urbana. The maintenance hub is located in Dayton.
The service was operated by Air Methods until 2025, using AS365 Dauphins (N730CF, N625CF, and N164CF) and an EC135 (N3842, added after the loss of N520CF in 2022).
From 2026, Premier Health signed a new Part 135 contract with HeliService USA, marking HeliService’s debut in the U.S. air medical market.
As of Aug13, N625CF N520CF and N164CF are the primary aircraft. N63CF is the backup. When their new AS365N3+ is delivered, it is expected N63CF will be sold and N164CF will be the backup.
In 2025, Primer Health announced the purchase of two new Leonardo AW169 helicopters. These two new aircraft, with tail numbers N841CF and N942CF, will serve as replacements for N520CF, which crashed in 2022, and N164CF, respectively.
As of January 1st 2026, all of CareFlights AS365s have been retired marking the end of an era for CareFlight Air
News about Premier Health CareFlight |
Premier Health Foundations Launches Fund Campaign for New Helicopter
17-Feb-25 - Premier Health Hospital’s four Foundations have launched the $13.5 M ’Care in the Air’ Campaign to fund a new CareFlight air ambulance helicopter, a Leonardo AW169, to replace a 34-year-old Dauphin #AirAmbulance
Tenth CAMTS Accreditation for Ohio CareFlight
10-Sep-21 - Ohio air ambulance CareFlight Air and Mobile Services from Premier Health Miami Valley Hospital received its 10th consecutive 3-year accreditation from the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) #CAMTS
Miami Valley Hospital AS365 N3+ begins service
22-Sep-14 - NASHVILLE, TN – CareFlight Air & Mobile Services of Miami Valley Hospital has taken delivery of a new AS365 N3+ Dauphin, the latest version of Airbus Helicopters outstanding medium twin-engine helicopter.
Metro delivers AS365 N3+ to Miami Valley CareFlight
06-Aug-14 - Metro Aviation delivered a recently completed AS365 N3+ to Miami Valley CareFlight Air and Mobile Services in Dayton, Ohio.Miami Valley Hospital purchases AS365N3+
23-Oct-12 - Miami Valley Hospital of Dayton, Ohio, has purchased a new AS365 N3+ for its CareFlight program
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Models Premier Health CareFlight List of helicopters |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6442 | as365n2 | 1991 | N164CF : Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) at Dayton, OH from Dec99, pictured | - XB-GNE - XA-ROF | |
| 0428 | ec135p2 | 2005 | N3842 : : Urbana, Ohio. Being used as backup helicopter for Miami Valley CareFlight |  N3842 N3842 | |
| 6537 w/o 2022 | as365n3 | 1998 | N520CF : Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) Careflight from Jan04, pictured : w/o 26jul22, Premier Health CareFlight, hit power lines and crashed onto + |  G-BXSS - JA60TH | |
| 1424 w/o 2021 | as350d | N5784Y : Was originally used by CareFlight Dayton, Ohio when the program started in+ |  F-GIBM | ||
| 6596 | as365n3 | 2001 | N625CF : Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) from Dec07, also reg N659MP;
CareFlight, pic+ | - JA6850 - PP-MSM | |
| 6068 Scrapped | sa365n | 1983 | N63CF : Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) by 2012, pictured;
CareFlight | - HB-XOG N365UC N63CF | |
| 69055 | aw169 | 2017 | N693CF : Dayton, Ohio. To N693CF for Premier Health CareFlight |  I-EASI G-PICU G-PICU G-PICU G-PICU N693CF | |
| 6967 | as365n3+ | 2013 | N730CF : Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) from Aug14, pictured (pic2) : Miami Valley Hospital, Ohio begins service : CareFlight 1 at the Dayton Airshow in 2025 | N730CF N730CF | |
| 69175 | aw169 | 2024 | N841CF : Miami Valley Hospital at Dayton, OH from Jul24, pictured : N841CF brand new AW169 for Miami Valley CareFlight, photo by Premier Healt+ : Dayton, Ohio. Placed into service and received its first call on January + | N841CF | |
| 69182 | aw169 | 2024 | N942CF : Miami Valley Hospital at Dayton, OH from Mar25 | N942CF |
