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Sighting reportFiled Sep 26, 2026. Checked by a human Sep 25, 2026.

No. INC-SS-0015

A red helicopter flies over the downtown towers in a daytime city panorama.Image: Rockstar Games
Seen in screenshot

Screenshot, Vice City 03. Image: Rockstar Games.

Close-up: all red twin engine helicopterImage: Rockstar Games
Close-up from the original frame.

Red helicopter over the downtown skyline

A red helicopter flies over the downtown towers in a daytime city panorama.

Kind
Screenshot
Vehicle
Buckingham Swift, Air rescue (likely model, as in GTA V)
Category
Rescue helicopter, likely (likely, from livery)
Region
Vice City
Status
Seen in screenshot
Open vehicle fileCompare with real vehicleOfficial source

The vehicle

Open vehicle file
Vehicle fileNo. UNK-HEL-03
Close-up: all red twin engine helicopterImage: Rockstar Games
Seen in screenshot

Buckingham Swift, Air rescue

(likely model, as in GTA V)

Category
Rescue helicopter
Sightings
1
First seen
Screenshot

Likely inspiration: twin-engine rescue helicopter

Real vs game, likely inspiration

Close-up: all red twin engine helicopterIn game, Screenshot, Vice City 03
Real world photo for comparison: STARS AW139 helicopter landing in Pincher Creek.Real world

Left: Image: Rockstar Games

Right: Photo: Heterodyne, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.

Nearby in screenshots

All official stills

Images: Rockstar Games