CBP Begins UAS Operations from Corpus Christi

Expansion increases unmanned aircraft operations to 1200 miles

WHAT
Commencement ceremony of CBP Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operations from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and launching of unmanned aircraft.

CBP UAS operations from this site will allow for the greatest support of CBP’s strategic plan to secure the shared border between Texas and Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico and will allow for the most effective execution of counter-drug operations in the Western Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

WHO
CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin, CBP Office of Air and Marine (OAM) Assistant Commissioner Michael C. Kostelnik, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator, J. Randolph Babbitt, U.S. Representatives Solomon Ortiz and Henry Cuellar and Governor of Texas Rick Perry

WHEN
Commencement Ceremony
Wednesday, September 8
3:00 p.m.(see note below)

Launching of Unmanned aircraft from CCNAS
Wednesday, September 8
5:30 p.m.

WHERE
845 First St., S.E. NAS, Building 50
Corpus Christi, TX 78419

www.cbp.gov