Vehicle file

Buckingham Swift, Air rescue

(likely model, as in GTA V, official name unknown until launch)

All red rescue helicopter. An all red, twin engine helicopter that resembles a rescue aircraft, seen flying above the city skyline.

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Seen in screenshot

Vehicle No.: UNK-HEL-03
Category: Rescue helicopter
Agency: Agency not legible(no legible markings)
Body type: Helicopter
First seen: Screenshot, Vice City 03
Last seen: Screenshot, Vice City 03
Sightings: 1
Status: Seen in screenshot
Verification: Checked by a human, Sep 25, 2026

Close look

Vehicle files updated Sep 25, 2026

Close-up: all red twin engine helicopter

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Image: Rockstar Games

INC-SS-0015, Screenshot, Vice City 03.Zoom in, then drag or use the arrow keys to pan.Image: Rockstar Games

Details, 1 marked

Real vs game

Speculation, never an official fact

Close-up: all red twin engine helicopter

Real world photo for comparison: STARS AW139 helicopter landing in Pincher Creek.

Left: Image: Rockstar Games

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

Sightings with this vehicle

1 sighting, in source order

Seen in Vice City (1). Open the map

INC-SS-0015Screenshot, Vice City 03Red helicopter over the downtown skylineRescue helicopter, likely

Images: Rockstar Games

Same agency or same body type

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Seen in screenshot
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First seen
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Image: Rockstar Games
Seen in trailer
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(likely model, as in GTA V)
Category
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Sightings
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First seen
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