Corvallis Fire Department

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) - North Mississippi Medical Center's CareFlight helicopter service celebrates 25 years of operation. The helicopter responds to emergency calls within 150 miles of North Mississippi Medical Center, providing patients the medical attention and transport they need.

By Sarah Bruyn Jones ROANOKE A medical transport helicopter had a close call with three military jets Thursday night in Rockbridge County, just north of Lexington. A pilot and three crew members were on board the Carilion Clinic craft. They were returning after dropping off a patient at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, according to Carilion spokesman Eric Earnhart.