Black triangle photo on runway????

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Hello all, anyone know what the black triangle might be in this picture. I found this on Google Earth. This a close up of Shemya island in the Aleutain island chain. I am new here so I hope this works.

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Sorry, if you have Google Earth just use that program. Go to the island called Shemya island west of Alaska in the North pacific. You can zoom in and you will see a small airfield. On the east end of the runway appears to be 2 cars parked at the end of the runway and a small black triangle in front or behind them.

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Eareckson Air Station is a military airbase located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. It was Shemya Army Air Base during World War II. Redesignated to Shemya Air Force Base on March 26, 1948, by Department of the Air Force General Order No. 10, it was later renamed Shemya Airport in 1954. It was again redesignated Shemya Air Force Station on January 1, 1959, by Department of the Air Force General Order No. 4 of January 20, 1959. The base was re-redesignated Shemya AFB in 1968. On May 19, 1993, it was renamed Eareckson Air Force Station in honor of Colonel William O. Eareckson, an Army Air Forces combat commander in the Aleutian Islands. The base was redesignated to Eareckson Air Station January 24, 1994.

During its lifetime, the installation has served as the host to many Defense Department "Cobra"-related projects including the Cobra Dane radar and Cobra Ball and other related RC-135 projects. Additionally, in August 1988, at least one Aries rocket was launched, relating to the Queen Match program, for anti-ballistic missile testing.

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Black triangle photo on runway????

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