JUST IN Army Helicopter DEPLOYED To US.Mexico Border- Look Who Sent It
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday authorized the deployment of state Army National Guard troops to protect the southern border wall, KSHB Local Kansas City reports.
The embattled Republican governor deployed soldiers and a UH-72 Lakota helicopter to use during missions to aide the U.S. Customs and Border Protection mission to protect the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Missourians are grateful to the President for recognizing the need to secure our borders. We are proud that Missouri troops will play a support role in guarding against terrorism, protecting Americans from cartel violence, and enforcing our immigration laws.”
National Guard members will be in a support role, and not conducting law enforcement missions, the governor’s office said. The Missouri Guardsmen will provide aerial surveillance.“This is a critical mission,” Greitens said in an emailed statement.
Four Missouri Army National Guard troops and a helicopter were sent to Arizona on Tuesday to help with border protection, the governor’s office said.
Gov. Eric Greitens met with the soldiers just before they and the UH-72 Lakota helicopter were deployed to assist the Department of Defense in patrolling the border, his office said. The soldiers are expected to return to Missouri mid-summer. St Louis Today Reported
The four soldiers and the helicopter are not allowed to participate in any form of “law enforcement or border enforcement” but are allowed to provide aerial surveillance.
The UH-72A Lakota is a light utility helicopter specifically designed to meet the requirements of US Army. UH-72A Lakota helicopters were acquired to replace the UH-1H Iroquois and OH-58 A/C Kiowa helicopters.
Simula energy-absorbing cockpit seats supplied by BAE Systems Mobility and Protection Systems (formerly Armor Holdings Aerospace and Defense Group) in Phoenix, Arizona. The cockpit seats have ergonomic cushions, a four-point restraint system with an inertia reel and are qualified to FAA crashworthiness standards.
The UH-72A is fitted with a night vision goggle-compatible glass cockpit with active matrix liquid crystal displays and a Meghas avionics suite supplied by Thales US. The cockpit displays include the Thales centralised vehicle and engine management display (VEMD). Army Technology
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