Alaska Army National Guardsmen, assigned to Detachment 2, Charlie Company, 3-140th Security and Support Battalion, and Alaska Air National Guardsmen from across the 176th Wing carry a crate containing four UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter main rotor blades onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 11, 2024. AKANG Airmen assigned to the 176th Wing transported the detachment of approximately 20 AKARNG Soldiers and two UH-72A Lakota helicopters to the Southwest border in support of the Customs and Border Protection mission. (Alaska National Guard phot

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Alaska Army National Guardsmen, assigned to Detachment 2, Charlie Company, 3-140th Security and Support Battalion, and Alaska Air National Guardsmen from across the 176th Wing carry a crate containing four UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter main rotor blades onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 11, 2024. AKANG Airmen assigned to the 176th Wing transported the detachment of approximately 20 AKARNG Soldiers and two UH-72A Lakota helicopters to the Southwest border in support of the Customs and Border Protection mission. (Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)

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