Force from above B Y A LT O N K . M A R S H PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS ROSE With only a sliver of the moon showing on September 17, 2012, the drug boat zoomed through the darkness carrying 60-pound bales of cocaine—2,460 pounds in all. Above it the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard MH–65 helicopter tracked its movement with the aid of night-vision goggles, flying only 50 feet above the darkened sea. Like the boat, its lights were off. VIEW THE VIDEO www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 55http://www.aopa.org/pilot