rescue helicopters
Flying emergency responders
Rescue helicopters are aircraft designed or deployed to extract people from dangerous situations—mountain slopes, sinking ships, flooded areas, burning buildings.
They typically carry medical personnel and equipment for immediate treatment.
The term covers both military and civilian operations: The rescue helicopters arrived within minutes of the distress call.
- air ambulanceEmergency medical aircraft
- life flightEmergency medical helicopter service
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- medical kitsContainers of treatment supplies
- flotation devicesBuoyant safety equipment
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- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- rescuesave, help, SAR, assist, lifeline
- maritime safetylife rafts, lifebuoys, lifesaving equipment, safety equipment, flares
- helicoptershelicopters, chopper, rotorcraft, copter, helo
- maritime operationscoast guard, coastal patrol, harbor patrol, naval patrols, patrol boats
rescue helicoptersattack helicopters
Armed military rotorcraft
gunships · bomber aircraft · fighter jets · strike aircraft · death squads
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Armed military rotorcraft
gunships · fighter aircraft · bombers · drones · warplanes