Rear left engine of a Bombardier Challenger CL-604 at the REGA Headquarter, Zuerich-Kloten, Zuerich, Switzerland.

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Until 1979, Swiss Air-Rescue's official name in German was "Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht", or SRFW for short, in French "Garde Aérienne Suisse de Sauvetage" (GASS) and in Italian "Guardia Aerea Svizzera di Soccorso" (also GASS). However, these names were rather long-winded and had different acronyms. This unsatisfactory situation was solved by adopting the term which until then had served as its radio code name, composed of elements from all three language versions: REGA, made up of "RE" from "REttungsflugwacht" and "GA" from "Garde Aérienne" and "Guardia Aerea".

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Size: 3615px × 2400px
Location: REGA Headquarter, Zuerich-Kloten, Zuerich, Switzerland, Europe
Photo credit: © JHeinimann / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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