In partnership with Air Methods Corporation, CoxHealth operates Cox Air Care with two MD 902 Explorers – one of which has now successfully been overhauled by MDHI. Cox Air Care provides vital helicopter air ambulance services throughout southwest Missouri and parts of northwest Arkansas in the US from its bases at Cox South in Springfield and Citizens Memorial Healthcare in Bolivar.

The refreshed MD 902 Explorer, which features MDHI’s proprietary NOTAR technology, offers improved safety, a larger cabin, smoother flight, and a reduced noise profile compared to other helicopters in its class. This combination enables in-flight medical crews to safely and rapidly deliver the vital critical care that could be the difference between life and death, MDHI says.

“Cox entrusted our MDHI team to perform a significant amount of work on their aircraft in addition to an overhaul, including inspections, a nose-mounted SX-5 Night Sun installation, roof rib bracket upgrade, and thruster modification,” Nick Nenadovic, Vice-President, Aftermarket and Customer Support, said. “Due to our exceptional workforce, full tooling, maintenance, inspection, and equipment availability, MD’s Factory Service Center was able to perform all of this work quickly and economically, getting CoxHealth back in the air with their aircraft flying like new.”