Operation's Five F-18 Fighters

C.J. grips the podium, exhaustion etching her face as she dispenses bare-bones details on five F-18 fighters hurled into the fog-shrouded operation alongside an E-2 Hawkeye. Reporters unleash a barrage of shouts, Steve's accusation on Marine casualties slicing through the din while Toby looms tense in the shadows—these jets pulse as spectral enforcers, their distant roars fueling the press room's predatory storm and cracking the administration's brittle shield.

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Purpose

Deployed for aerial combat or support in high-stakes military operation involving Marine casualties

Significance

Ignite ferocious press scrutiny in C.J.'s fraying briefing, amplifying re-election peril and exposing presidential blind spots amid Haiti tensions and MS cover-up fallout

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S3E1 · Manchester Part I

C.J.'s Exhausted Briefing Draws Press Fire on Marine Casualties

C.J. explicitly names the five F-18 fighters as core to the fog-shrouded operation, their mention underscoring military scale and casualty risks that fuel Steve's probe, heightening narrative tension around Haiti perils and admin accountability.

Before: Deployed in Haitian operation, undisclosed publicly

After: Publicly acknowledged in briefing, no change in operational status

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