Shortly after 11:00 a.m. Medford Police responded to the Chairville Elementary School for a report of a military helicopter making an emergency landing in a baseball field between the school and the campus of the Burlington County Institute of Technology-Medford along Chairville Road.
According to authorities, the pilot experienced a mechanic problem and set the helicopter down safely.
They are now awaiting delivery of a part to fix the issue.
Police say the helicopter, a CH-46 Sea Knight model, was en route from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and heading south for Quantico, Virginia.
