The Navy and the Air Force Have a New Job: Border Patrol

Parly flights P-8a Poseidon and U-2 Dragon Lady’s aircraft began after President Donald Trump issued an executive command last Friday.

Boeing P-8a Poseidon of the United States serves as an armed eye in heaven, able to take over more roles. According to Navy Air System Command (Navair), P-8a is “Multi-Misi-Misian Naval Patrol and a reconnaissance aircraft” that is able to carry out “long-term warfare against the youth (ASW), war against the surface, intelligence, supervision and reconnaissance (ISR) (ISR).”

Discovering is only part of its mission, because it can carry and launch MK 54 Torpedo, Stiring Ray Mod 1 autonomous weapon, and even AGM-84D Harpoon All-Weeather Over-Horizon Anti-Cromile Rakel.

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The weapon is truly “excessive” this week, as the aircraft is now used in a slightly different role of ISR: Patrols along the southern border with Mexico. Reported to the lip News On Monday, “Two air wings, based on the island of Whisbey, Washington, and Jacksonville, Florida, spent flights of P-8.” This included aircraft from patrol and reconnaissance wings 10 and 11, but exactly how many P-8a Poseidon aircraft were not clear.

U-2 also

In addition to the P-8A aircraft, at least one aircraft aircraft of the U-2 “Dragon Lady” aircraft in the United States also performed a flight of control along the US-Mexico border, Fox News reported. Airplanes with one -seater with one -legged, high heights can fly as much as 70,000 feet, although it is unknown how high it has worked during flights.

When Accurate “soil coverage” It differs from the U-2 depending on the technologies of the camera and sensors carried by the aircraft, it is implied that the Dragon lady has the ability to observe details on hundreds of kilometers. The U-2 was probably flying inside the US airspace, but the aviation would not confirm if Mexico was alerted to recent flights.

“I can’t talk about specific trails/flight paths, but the aircraft flies in favor of a joint problem of both of our sovereign nations,” a airplane spokesman for Fox News told. “We respect the sovereignty of Mexico. We do not need the permission of another nation to flight in international airspace. “

This is not the first time a well -known aircraft, which can collect huge amounts of data while in the air, employed by a patrol mission along the border.

In March 2021, U-2 from 9 scouting wing at Beale Air Force Base (AFB) Also flying in length Southern borders like part of the “Sortie Training” Instead of a joint operation with any federal agency.

Patronic flights follow the executive command

Patrol flights of P-8A Poseidon and U-2 Dragon Lady began after President Donald Trump issued an executive order that the Ministry of Defense (DD) and the Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) for expanding migration operations Center in the Guantanamo Navy Station extended last Friday Bay, Cuba.

“This release memorandum to stop the invasion of the border, dismantled criminal cartels and restore national sovereignty,” The specified order. “This memorandum is not intended and does not create the right or benefit, material or procedural, executive in the law or in the capital of any party against the United States, its departments, agencies or subjects, his officers, employees or employees or agents or any other person. “

Currently there are about 27 U-2 spy aircraft in service, based in Beale AFB. The current Fleet of the Cold War aircraft is planned in retirement next yearWhile Northrop Grumman RQ-180 The concealed drone is likely to be one of his replacements.

The US Navy holds a 135 P-8as fleet and has just received Boeing in November A $ 1.7 billion contract Amendment to delivery of an additional seven plane LOT 13. Poseidon is also managed by Australia, India, Novi Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom, while Canada and Germany are waiting for 17 naval patrols aircraft.

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