Joint Task Force - Bravo Palmerola Air Base in 1987
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Joint Task Force - Bravo Palmerola Air Base in 1987
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Honduras—and much of Central America—was in turmoil in 1987, and some might argue that conditions have not improved much since. I was sent to Palmerola Air Base to provide weather support for our missions in Honduras. The Iran-Contra affair was still unfolding, and Swan Island was reportedly being used as a transit point for CIA weapons shipments and humanitarian aid bound for Honduras. My time there offered a firsthand look at the harsh living conditions in the area known as “Little Vietnam” and at Palmerola long before it became an international airport. Spiritually, the experience confronted me with difficult lessons about submitting to authority and the belief that resisting it meant standing against God Almighty.
Thanks for listening to the Squall Line Podcast. Hope to do one a month and move up to every other week as time allows. Blessings. SMSgt (ret) Rick Fiske