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A person wearing a camouflage military uniform and helmet sits in a dark cockpit with neon lights and navigational gauges; ahead, the northern lights are seen through the window.

Northern Lights

Army UH-60L Black Hawk aviators assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, Alaska Army National Guard, fly under the northern lights while responding to a medical evacuation request in western Alaska, Jan. 21, 2026. Due to daylight restrictions, local civilian air ambulance services were unable to conduct the medevac mission. Using night-vision goggles, the aviators, along with two Bethel, Alaska, fire department medics, successfully transported a patient.

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