Until Sunday, April 27, the island of Gran Canaria It has posted one of the most relevant vehicle quotes of the international calendar: The WRC Rally Islands Canary Islands. But despite the sports show, there is a quiet but important scale that guarantees the safety of the pilots, organizers and viewers: the presence of wind and the preparation of the operation of the armed forces and security forces.
Wing 46, on SAR coverage mission. One of the key elements of this device is the HD helicopter. 21 Super Puma of 802 Allah 46 Squadron, Based on Gando, which actively participates in SAR coverage work (search and rescue) throughout the rally development. Your deployment is not just figurative: it represents A true promise with air safety in the island’s environment.
The Super Puma staff is in a state of permanent alert, which is ready to intervene before any event. ThisIf activation has been fixed by the Canary Islands Aeronautical Rescue Center (ARCC Canarias)Entity that manages all SAR operations in the Canarian archipelago and maintains the operational connection between air defense and civil protection.
It is important to note that the deployed SAR device does not lose its response capacity to other emergencies that are not related to sporting testing. In a geostrategic environment as canaryThe ability to act simultaneously — at the same time in different fronts is a Structural priority of the wind and space army.
The 802 squadron, a versatile and high unit of existence, plays a strategic role in defense of the aerospace of the archipelago. Attached to Group 82 of Wing 46, its action radius covers more than 1.5 million km²One of the widest SAR areas in Europe.
Ending Super Puma Helicopters (HD.21) and CN-235 (D.4) aircraft, the squad combines SAR capacities, Vigma (Maritime Surveillance) and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Recognition). Its operation to complex environments and bad weather conditions makes it A reference unit both in real missions and in international interoperability exercises.
In Events such as the WRC Rally Islands Canary Islands 2025, its existence not only provides operation scopeBut also the strategic value in the integration of civil-military in the management of high-risk events.
With this expansion also increases the Coordinated Action of Fuerteventura Air Unit (Unel Fuerteventura)with an EC-135 helicopter from the Canary Islands air sector. The aircraft, ordered by the Sergeants 1st José Alberto Luna Galán and David Martínez Dolmedo, along with mechanic Pedro Torres Díaz, became already -deployed to Gran Canaria to provide air support to civil land devices In the first sections that made time on Friday.
The Benemérita Air Reinforcement adds to nearly 200 troops to mobilize to ensure the safety of the sections, the mobility of attendees and the immediate response to any incident.
Air expansion in the WRC Rally Canary Islands 2025 features the capacity of Armed and security forces to act fast, effectiveness and inter -institutional coordination. The 802 Squadron and the Civil Guard, each in its field, offers a comprehensive security range that not only guarantees the safe development of a sporting event, but also Strengthens the strategic projection of the Canary Islands as well as -protected and surgery that monitors the territory.
Source: La Verdad
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