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« Last post by Jonesthetank on Today at 10:38:23 PM »Border Patrol
As part of his commitment to keep American safe from the hordes illegal immigrants surging over the US/Mexican border, President Trump ordered the transfer of 16 AH-64D Apaches from US Army stocks to the US Customs and Border Patrol service. The aircraft were disarmed, but retained their rotor mounted radar system, as well as the sophisticated Arrowhead system in the nose. In place of the 30mm belly gun, a high power Nite Sun lamp was fitted, slaved to the nose sight.
Issued to units in Texas and New Mexico, the Apaches proved to be desperately over equipped for the intended role and were only used for 7 months before they were quietly returned to army control and the CBP returned to using its already successful fleet of smaller helicopters.
As part of his commitment to keep American safe from the hordes illegal immigrants surging over the US/Mexican border, President Trump ordered the transfer of 16 AH-64D Apaches from US Army stocks to the US Customs and Border Patrol service. The aircraft were disarmed, but retained their rotor mounted radar system, as well as the sophisticated Arrowhead system in the nose. In place of the 30mm belly gun, a high power Nite Sun lamp was fitted, slaved to the nose sight.
Issued to units in Texas and New Mexico, the Apaches proved to be desperately over equipped for the intended role and were only used for 7 months before they were quietly returned to army control and the CBP returned to using its already successful fleet of smaller helicopters.