Preview: Air support crucial in border security effort
By Brady McCombs
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.14.2008
Along Arizona’s stretch of the U.S-Mexican border — the busiest for illegal immigration, drug smuggling and border deaths — a fleet of helicopters and small planes flown daily by Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine pilots plays an important role in security, law enforcement and rescues.
“It’s just a huge part of securing the border,â€