"Barry Seal was also involved in a top secret NSA operation based at Mena. Author R. Emmett Tyrrell has obtained documentary evidence of operation "RAPPORT" that used Seal and his C-123K "fat lady" to spy on the Sandinistas. The NSA installed nuclear radiation detectors in the "fat lady" that would allow detection of Soviet-made nuclear missiles in Nicaragua as Seal flew over the country. That gave Seal status as a CIA asset, and Customs and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allowed Seal to leave and enter the country without inspection."
http://www.assumption.edu/WebVAX/WWeekly/WWBottoms.html
Assuming the above were true, your training in P-3s would make you an ideal pilot for the above mentioned assignment by the CIA and their ilk, would it not?
Tyrell either was duped or told a lot of lies.