
U.S. Army National Guard Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota helicopter, reg. number 12-72233, at the Tucson International Airport; 32.127737, -110.943339 (Tucson, Arizona); Digital photograph; January 2025.


This helicopter regularly conducts surveillance and other border policing operations (at least some of the time with U.S. Border Patrol agents onboard). The above screenshots from ADS-B Exchange show examples of its activity in Southern Arizona (29 October 2024, left) and in the area of Stockton in California's Central Valley (3 October 2024, right).