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Sikorsky MH-60M, serial 10-20246 and coded 61, from the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) is seen here during the exercise Operation Polar Dagger.

The photo was made in August 2023 at Eareckson Air station on Shemya Island (AK). According to the Scramble database the special operatons Black Hawk is operated by C/4-160th SOAR (ASLT), better known as Assault Helicopter Company Charlie of the 4-160th SOAR (HHB). This company is normally based at Fort Lewis-Tacoma/Gray AAF (WA) and is part of the 4th Heavy Helicopter Battalion (HHB) Night Stalkers operating two Companies with the MH-47G and one with the MH-60M.

Eareckson Air station is a USAF military airport located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. The airport was closed as an active Air Force Station on 1 July 1994. However, it is still owned by the USAF and is operated by the USAF Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center at Elmendorf AFB for refueling purposes. It also serves as a diversion airport for civilian aircraft.

Its history dates back to 28 May 1943, when a small detachment of Alaskan Scouts began reconnaissance of Shemya, a small, flat, uninhabited island 35 miles to the east of Attu. The following day, US Army Engineers came ashore to begin construction of a runway suitable for B-29 Superfortress bombers.

Credit photo: US Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Dickinson