During Operation: NESTWRECKER, NIGHTHAWK was on stand-by as the extraction helicopter following the Alpha Team's successful retrieval of the Golgotha Virus from NEST.[1] However, when the mutant Dr. William Birkin attacked Alpha Team,[2] he was left around Raccoon City for the next week. On the early hours of 30 September, he regained contact with Alpha Team's leader, HUNK,[3] who was continuously delayed from his extraction point and eventually told NIGHTHAWK to leave without him. NIGHTHAWK opted not to abandon HUNK, who sarcastically replied he "wanted to meet the Grim Reaper" when HUNK asked why he came back for him.[4]