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===RAID===
In 1989, Congress mandated that the [[Army National Guard]] would take part in the country's ''[[War on Drugs]]'', enabling them to aid federal, state and local law enforcement agencies with "special congressional entitlements". In response, the Army [[National Guard Bureau]] created the Reconnaissance and Aerial Interdiction Detachments (RAID) in 1992, consisting of aviation units in 31 states with 76 specially modified OH-58A helicopters to assume the reconnaissance/interdiction role in the fight against illegal drugs. During 1994, 24 states conducted more than 1,200 aerial counterdrug reconnaissance and interdiction missions, conducting many of these missions at night.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url= http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1994/ch05.htm |chapter= 5. Reserve Forces |url= http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1994/index.htm#contents |first= L. Martin |last= Kaplan |year= 2000 |title= Department of the Army Historical Summary, 1994 |publisher= [[United States Army Center of Military History]] |id= CMH Pub 101-25 |access-date= 30 June 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100921172454/http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1994/index.htm#contents |archive-date= 21 September 2010 |url-status= dead}}</ref> Eventually, the program was expanded to cover 32 states and consisting of 116 aircraft, including dedicated training aircraft at the Western Army Aviation Training Site (WAATS) in [[Marana, Arizona]].<ref name="raid-rw">{{cite web |url= http://www.aviationtoday.com/cgi/rw/show_mag.cgi?pub%3Drw%26mon%3D1102%26file%3D1102home.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040228180331/http://aviationtoday.com/cgi/rw/show_mag.cgi?pub=rw&mon=1102&file=1102home.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 28 February 2004 |title= Homeland Defense: Fighting Homeland Wars |first= Doug |last= Nelms |date= 1 November 2002 |publisher= Rotor & Wing via aviationtoday.com |access-date= 2 October 2016}}</ref>

The RAID program's mission has now been expanded to include the war against terrorism and supporting [[U.S. Border Patrol]] activities in support of homeland defense. The National Guard RAID units' Area of Operation (AO) is the only one in the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] that is wholly contained within the borders of the [[United States]].<ref name="raid-rw"/>