Guantanamo is NOT remote— it is isolated because of the Cuban regime, the double fence and Cuban laid mine field that surrounds it, that’s true. A very short flight from Miami, and/or Key West. The housing is 1950’s cement block, there’s a Mcdonalds and KFC and a whole lot else. It ain’t Kwajalein, nor is it Diego Garcia.
Friend was military hospital commander at Gitmo, a US Navy Captain back in the 60’s. They started a bank on base for the Cuban nationals day laborers and every night, when they went back into Cuba they were searched and had what ever money they had on them stolen. Hence the bank and the referral for emigration. Was a while ago. And the labor was cheaper, and really pissed off Castro. Cuban govt. still takes 50% of any fisherman’s catch.
Interesting.
As you say, GITMO is not remote yet there’s a number of flights leaving FL peninsula that are climbing to 40 thousand feet before landing at the Cuban base. That altitude for that little hop flight. Some of those flights are escorted. Many have transponders turned off or blocked. Inordinate number of flights currently heading to GITMO with no call sign. Interesting.
Not as short a flight as you think. I did that flight from Miami, and it is several hours in a CASA. Reason is you can’t enter Cuba’s airspace.
Kind of a bummer.