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Are the pilots and planes of VC-10.

Sometimes work is done on military planes not assigned normally to GTMO.

The hangar at the Leeward Point airport is equipped to deal with any problems that might arise.

In GTMO, you almost get the sense that this is a small town in, say, Florida, but there's always something to remind the visitor that it isn't.

To avoid Cuban airspace, the plane has to make a steep bank and sharp turn immediately before landing. There have been cases where big airplanes have scraped a wing tip on approach.

New arrivals are carefully searched lest they be bringing in contraband.

Across the bay is the Windward Point, where housing is located as well as most of the base activity.

Two months later, she would fire one of her 16-inch guns, sending its projectile a record distance of almost 27 miles; five months later her number two turret would explode, killing 47 sailors. The explosion has yet to be definitively explained. It was the Navy's worst loss of crew during peacetime operations.

It is generally thought that GTMO is maintained simply because it is a thorn in the side of the island's communist regime. This is not so. It is a warm-water base that is very close to deep water, making it indispensible for training. That is a battleship, close to shore.

Those two tall buildings used to be there. Nikon F3, 105mm f1.8 Nikkor, Tri-X, D-76 1:1