The US Navy has retired the Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk. Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific hosted a sundown ceremony for the variant at NAS North Island, California, on May 11. The ceremony concluded after an SH-60B and an MH-60R, the type that is replacing it, conducted a fly-by. Active duty service members, retired personnel and visitors were in attendance. Since joining the fleet in 1985, the aircraft has completed more than 3.6m flight hours in support of operations and training. The last active-duty SH-60B detachment, which was from HSM-49 'Scorpions' at NAS North Island, returned from a seven-month deployment to the US 4th and 3rd Fleet area of operations aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) on April 17.
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