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State Government launches next generation helicopters
13 Aug 2025
The three new Leonardo AW139 aircraft are almost 40 per cent faster, reaching more people with improved equipment and capability.
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Stories of survival
Every RAC Rescue mission is a story of strength, survival and the people who make it all possible. Hear from those who’ve been helped and the crew who were there when it mattered most.
Rescue Story
A new era for the RAC Rescue helicopters
April 2025
Western Australia’s Emergency Rescue Helicopter Service is getting a major upgrade.
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RAC soars to new sponsorship heights with State's rescue choppers
August 2024
RAC wins naming rights of Western Australia's emergency rescue helicopters.
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Two decades and ten thousand missions
May 2024
More than two decades after its establishment, RAC Rescue completed its 10,000th mission on Wednesday 24 April 2024.
Rescue Story
A tragic decision
March 2024
Fit and healthy with a passion for triathlon and adventure sports, Nick Lonie had everything to live for.
Rescue Story
In good hands - Rod McMeeken's Rescue
March 2024
It was a wintery, overcast Sunday like any other in August 2021 and Rod was in the middle of his routine backyard chores.
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One year on
March 2024
Weeks shy of the first anniversary of a life-altering car crash, Kelly Willer reunited with the RAC Rescue crew who helped to save her life.
RAC Rescue: George Harley
October 9, 2018
At thirteen years old with a promising swimming career ahead of him, George was working on a farm in Lancelin when the farm mule he was riding rolled on top his leg, almost severing his foot.
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RAC Rescue: Geoff White
October 8, 2018
Geoff was on his delivery route when an oncoming car drifted into his lane and caused a head-on collision. Smoke billowed from Geoff's unrecognisable truck as he laid trapped inside and critically injured.
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Western Australians share their RAC Rescue stories
August 9, 2018
The RAC Rescue helicopters and crew have touched the lives of many Western Australians. Our commemorative video captures just some of these incredible, and often harrowing, stories.
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What happens when the RAC Rescue team hears the phone ring?
April 3, 2018
Crew members from RAC Rescue talk us through what happens when a phone call comes in requesting help, and what they do next. They’re ready to jump into action.
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