The United States will be using Blackhawk helicopters and planes along the Montana border with Alberta and Saskatchewan to watch for terrorists, drug-runners and illegal immigrants. The aircraft will be equipped with cutting-edge photographic surveillance and monitoring equipment to watch for any suspicious activity… This is the third of five special surveillance units to open along the U.S. border with Canada…
The first surveillance unit was announced in 2004, and has been operating out of Bellingham in Washington state. Another unit opened in upstate New York, south of the border with Quebec. Mackowiak said both of those units have intercepted large drug shipments and have made arrests. The U.S. also plans to set up air border patrols in North Dakota and Michigan in the future.
