Air Ambulance

The Air Ambulance is an emergency helicopter in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and returns in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.

Description
The Air Ambulance shares the same helicopter design as the Armadillo (barring a different livery), thus being based on the Bell 412. Like the Armadillo, the Air Ambulance is a relatively large helicopter that nevertheless possesses relatively good speed, with moderately steep pitches that help increase its acceleration at the expense of losing altitude faster. During the creation of Vice City, The Air Ambulance was going to be made as the Coastgard Maverick but was cut after the alpha version.

The Air Ambulance can be used to activate Air Rescue side missions, the airborne equivalent of the Ambulance's Paramedic side mission. Completion of the side mission will boast the player's maximum health.

GTA Vice City Stories

 * On the helipad behind Ocean View Hospital in Ocean Beach, Vice City, after "From Zero To Hero".
 * On the roof of Schuman Health Care Center in Downtown, Vice City, after "From Zero To Hero".

Grand Theft Auto V

 * On the two helipads at Central Los Santos Hospital.

Trivia

 * Both sides of the Air Ambulance's nose bear cursively written text. Due to the poor quality of its texture, the words are somewhat hard to identify.
 * "VCS - 911" is also written on both sides of the helicopter at the turbine engines. 911 is clearly referring to the main emergency number in the United States, but the "VCS" abbreviation, whether coincidental or not, is also a short form for GTA Vice City Stories' title.
 * Although the Air Ambulance does have non-driver seats, they are inaccessible (same goes for the Armadillo). So it is really only a one man vehicle.
 * Unlike Armadillo, the Air Ambulance has a same door sound as the low-grade cars.
 * In GTA V, despite being referred to as the 'Police Maverick', there is a white and red medical ambulance version of the helicopter although it is still listed as a Police Maverick upon entering.