Alpine Air unit helicopter operations in Big Bend Sector [Image 4 of 8]

MARFA, TX, UNITED STATES

12.06.2019

Photo by Greg L. Davis 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs - Visual Communications Division           

Border Patrol Agent Lance Van Buren uses binoculars to observe areas of interest along the Rio Grande while an United States Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations UH-1N helicopter idles in the background Dec. 6, 2019. The agent in the field was being supported by the Alpine Air unit, which falls under AMO's El Paso Air Branch. Big Bend Sector includes over one-quarter of the United States' southern border and use of helicopters for air-mobility operations to move Border Patrol agents and supplies in and out of the areas' harsh terrain has increased apprehensions and seizures of narcotics. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo/Greg L. Davis)

• Date Taken: 12.06.2019
• Date Posted: 12.13.2019 10:07
• Photo ID: 5978148
• VIRIN: 191206-H-VV898-0033
• Resolution: 4464x2964
• Size: 8.49 MB
• Location: MARFA, TX, US