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US Duke Life Flight

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Established 1985, first hospital based helicopter service in North Carolina.

- 1985 starts with one Bell 222
- 1991 Two AS365 Dauphin
- 2000 Two A109E Power
- 2007 Two EC135
- 2012 Two EC145

Life Flight covers all of North Carolina, and parts of South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia from its bases at Duke University Medical Center and Johnston Country Airport in Smithfield, NC. From 2020 operated by Metro Aviation
As of June 2020, Metro Aviation EC145e (N445DU and N545DU) and EC145 (N145DU)
2022, N545DU Relocates from Duke Helipad to Maria Parham in Henderson, NC

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