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Once fully operational, the Air and Marine Branch will consist of over 75 Air and Marine Interdiction Agents, Air Enforcement Agents, and mission support staff, in addition to 29 contractor employees. Eleven aircraft will be assigned to the Great Lakes Air and Marine Branch: two UH60 Blackhawk helicopters for Interdiction and apprehension operations, one EC-120 helicopter for apprehension operations, two AS350B3 helicopters for apprehension operations, two C550 Citation airplanes for intercept
and apprehension operations, two Cessna 210 airplanes for surveillance and tracking operations, two C-12 airplanes for detection, surveillance and tracking operations. These aircraft will enable the air branch to carry out a full range of air and ground interdiction.
Detroit – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officially opened the Great Lakes Air and Marine Branch today at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit to enhance CBP’s northern border security operations. The Great Lakes Air and Marine Branch is the last of five planned new air and marine facilities that make up the Northern Border Air Wing as mandated by Congress after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.
The five branches comprise the Northern Border Air Wing mandated by Congress after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.