[MilCom] PJ drops tonight at Patrick

[AllanStern at aol.com]

     It is 10:30pm EST, and the Patrick AFB area is busy-busy with PJ drops.  
BISON 81, an AFRC C-130H from Niagara Falls 914AW 328AS, has been dropping 
PJs into Judy DZ all evening long, and is continuing now, as I look at them 
while typing this.
     Patrick's HC-130P "KING 55" (#64-14855, AFSOC 920RQW 39RQA) is over 
Jacksonville at the moment, but is inbound to Patrick. Upon arrival here he will 
be executing drops at Judy DZ as well.
     Plug in 251.9 to hear the acft comms with Gondola Yankee, the leader of 
the guys on the retrieval boats in River, picking up the PJs.
     An interesting side-note; seems that BISON 81 prematurely dropped one of 
their RAM-Z packs (includes Zodiak boat for PJs), and the Coast Guard found 
it.  Pilot has told the CG troops he'll spring for a case of beer for their 
help in retrieving it.

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