Army Black Hawks perform aeromedical evacuation during exercise
070509-N-6954B-054 – North Pole, Alaska – A crew member from an Army UH- 60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation regiment scans the landing zone used to evacuate “casualties” from a homeland defense attack scenario conducted in collaboration with civilian first responders from North Pole and Fairbanks, Alaska. The air crew was participating in exercise Alaska Shield / Northern Edge 07. The exercise is a state of Alaska / US Northern Command sponsored homeland defense / defense support of civil authorities exercise; part of the national-level Ardent Sentry / Northern Edge 07 exercise. (Photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Greg Bingaman)