LATHAN, N.Y., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The New York Army National Guard announced it will send a light utility helicopter with an accompanying crew to the Arizona-Mexico border to support law enforcement.
The craft is a UH-72 Lakota, one of two in the New York Army National Guard's arsenal, and requires a four-member crew to operate. It will deploy to support a mandate by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies to help monitor the Southwest border. The crew is tasked with flying reconnaissance missions along the border to watch for illegal drug and human trafficking, in addition to illegal immigration.