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  • PRAGUE-KBELY · AUGUST 2025 · SEARCH AND RESCUE COMPETITION

    Galileo SAR Meet 2025

    Galileo SAR Meet 2025 brought European search and rescue crews to Prague-Kbely for five days of flying challenges, precision and competition. The event combined helicopter demonstrations with contest tasks focused on crew coordination, accuracy and rescue skills. This gallery captures selected moments from the flying programme and the most visually striking parts of the competition.

    Rescue helicopter demonstration during Galileo SAR Meet 2025 at Prague-Kbely
    Red-and-white W-3A Sokol rescue helicopter 0714 flying against a cloudy blue skyCzech Air Force W-3A Sokol rescue helicopter hoisting a rescuer beneath it against a cloudy blue skyRed-and-white Mi-8 helicopter hovering over an airfield with a hoist cable and rescue crew belowSkydiver in orange kneels beside a landing target as ground crew watch on a grassy airfield during Galileo 2025Mil Mi-8 helicopter in gray camouflage hovering above an airfield runway under a partly cloudy skyAirfield crew member in an orange flight suit kneels with arms out beside runway markers as a colleague watches grasulands?Czech Mil Mi-8 helicopter 0825 flying alongside an orange helicopter against a cloudy blue skyGray Mil Mi-17 military helicopter hovering above an airfield runway under a partly cloudy skyGray-and-yellow Mil Mi-8 helicopter flying with rotors spinning against a blue skyCamouflaged Mi-8 helicopter hovers while winching a rescue worker beneath it against a blue skyOrange-and-green Airbus H135 SAR rescue helicopter flying with crew visible against a blue skyOrange-and-gray Eurocopter EC135 rescue helicopter hovering with a hoist cable over an airport fieldGray military CH-53 helicopter hovering against a cloudy skyOlive drab UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flying against a cloudy skyGray UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hoisting a soldier beneath it against a cloudy skyGrey Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopter hovering with landing gear down against a cloudy sky.Gray EuroLithuanian Air Force AS365 Dauphin SAR helicopter hoists a person against a cloudy skyLithuanian Air Force AS365 Dauphin SAR helicopter flies with a crewman on the hoist, while another helicopter follows below cloudy skiesTwo military helicopters fly under cloudy skies; the foreground gray transport helicopter hovers with its door open and cable deployedRomanian IAR-330 Puma Naval helicopter flying with its side door open and Romanian flag displayed under a cloudy skySikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion in white naval livery hovering with landing gear down against a cloudy skyUS Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk in orange-and-white livery hovering with a rescue hoist against a cloudy skyCH-149 Cormorant rescue helicopter hovering with hoist cable extended over an airfieldGray Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopter hovering with landing gear down against a cloudy skySikorsky S-61N rescue helicopter in orange and white livery hovering against a cloudy skyU.S. Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk in orange-and-white livery hoists a person beneath it against a cloudy skyGerman Navy Sea Lynx helicopter hovering as a rescue swimmer descends on a cable against a cloudy skyGray Sea King helicopter hovering head-on with landing gear down and rotors spinning against a cloudy skyGray Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter airborne with a crew member at the open side door against a pale skySpanish Air Force Super Puma SAR helicopter flying with crew at the open side door against a cloudy skySikorsky CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter in gray military livery approaching with landing gear down and crewman on the sideCamouflaged Mil Mi-8 transport helicopter 9825 flying against a cloudy skyMilitary Mil Mi-8 helicopter hovering against a clear blue sky, viewed from the frontCamouflaged Mi-17 helicopter hovering above an airfield runway with a suspended cable and ground crew belowMilitary Mil Mi-17 helicopter hoists a rescue swimmer beneath it against a cloudy sky

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