Al, do you hear a lot of drug interdiction traffic there as well?? Also,
due to your location, the bases probably do a lot of support mission to
South America and Gitmo as well.


Lots. If you are familiar with the Caribbean drug interdiction comms that
are on hf freq 8971 (USB), you know that many of the participating acft are
based in Jacksonville FL. I get to hear, on UHF and VHF,the USN P-3s from Jax
and the HH-60s from Mayport and Georgia bases, as well as RAID helos as they
travel south on Coronet Oak missions. Many stop for their last refueling at
Palm Beach IAP.
I also hear the ICE (formerly US Customs Svc) acft that are based at Cecil
Field in Jacksonville, including the drug surveillance P-3s and the
interdiction helos.
Most importantly because I live right off the departure end of Patrick
AFB's Rnwy 20, I get to watch and hear the US State Dept's International
Narcotics Mission OV-10Ds and UH-1N helos that fly the coca eradication
(spraying) missions in Columbia, several of which have been shot down lately by
the drug lords there. We also have that unit's C-27A Trojans and CE-208
Caravans here at Patrick. They might not seem as glamorous as the OV-10s and
Hueys, but their UHF/VHF comms are every bit as interesting when they come and
go on drug missions.
If folks are interested I will make it a point to post some of the drug
comms logging I do. But if they are active missions, I always delay posting
until the mission is over.

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