The senior leadership of the New York Counterdrug Task Force flew for the first time in the New York National Guard’s new UH-72A Lakota helicopter in the skies above Stratton Air Force Base July 25. Army National Guard Col. Richard J. Sloma, Counterdrug Coordinator, and Command Sgt. Maj. Roland Wells, the program’s senior noncommissioned officer, saw firsthand the helicopter’s capabilities in regard to tracking down and eliminating clandestine drug sites. The six-seat UH-72A will support law enforcement this fall by offering aerial observation, photographic imagery, full motion video and inter
The senior leadership of the New York Counterdrug Task Force flew for the first time in the New York National Guard’s new UH-72A Lakota helicopter in the skies above Stratton Air Force Base July 25. Army National Guard Col. Richard J. Sloma, Counterdrug Coordinator, and Command Sgt. Maj. Roland Wells, the program’s senior noncommissioned officer, saw firsthand the helicopter’s capabilities in regard to tracking down and eliminating clandestine drug sites. The six-seat UH-72A will support law enforcement this fall by offering aerial observation, photographic imagery, full motion video and interagency communications. ( Army Photo by Spc. Lawrence, 42nd Infantry Division PAO).
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