200 Lakota U.S. Army

Yesterday was a ceremony of transfer of the U.S. Army Air Force helicopter dwusetnego UH-72A Lakota, which is the variety Eurocopter EC145, a new, specialized variant .

Age Lakoty replace OH-58 and UH-1, performing liaison missions, transport or medical. They are assembled in factories far from EADS North America Columbus.

American ground troops ordered to the operating units and National Guard UH-72A 345. The first transmitted to the recipient in 2006, the last will go into service in 2017.


The vast majority of them have been ordered in the base. Some, however, is to act as a version of the safety and support . Helicopters of this type receive such Day and night cameras capable of tracking targets at distances up to about 15 km, a powerful searchlight, upgraded communications and navigation equipment, for identifying a specific address. This equipment is referred to as the Security and Support (S & S) Battalion Mission Equipment Package (MEP).

Representatives of the U.S. Army revealed that they will be upgraded with a set of already delivered 16 helicopters and 83 new, for a total number of 99 machines. Thanks to the National Guard will be able to participate in police-type missions in support of local authorities.

Yesterday's ceremony was directly related to the program. Dwusetny passed UH-72A helicopter because he was also the first equipped with a specialized set of S & S Battalion.