U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Security and Support Aviation Regiment, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border in support of Operation Ardent Vanguard, work alongside a U.S. Border Patrol agent aboard a LUH-72 Lakota helicopter during an aerial reconnaissance flight along the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego, Calif., July 30, 2026.This flight provides the aerial view used to look and respond to signs of suspected illegal alien activity around the southern border for maintaining situational awareness. U.S. Northern Command is working side-by-side with the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection within narrowly defined authorities to provide unique military capabilities to protect the territorial integrity of the U.S. southern border. (Dept. of War video by Sgt. Nathan Hislop)
| Date Taken: | 07.30.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.17.2026 15:37 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 1018013 |
| VIRIN: | 260730-M-QA167-3001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111891074 |
| Length: | 00:05:28 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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