27th Fighter Wing
Description
The 27th Fighter Wing, stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, deploys F-16 fighters for tactical air operations, maintaining formation flights armed with 20mm Vulcan cannons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. A pilot from this wing breaks radio silence and deviates solo, igniting a Situation Room crisis where President Bartlet demands psych profiles, defection risks, and interceptor scrambles for visual identification and potential takedown orders, exposing vulnerabilities in air command chains during high-stakes national alerts.
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
S2E10
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Noel
Situation Room: Bartlet Probes Rogue F-16 Crisis
The 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon AFB is pinpointed as the unit from which the F-16 deviated post-exercise, its psych-screened pilot's rogue action triggering Situation Room scrutiny on protocols and responses.
Active Representation
Via military officers briefing on deviation and assets
Power Dynamics
Subordinate to presidential command, under defensive protocol
Institutional Impact
Exposes screening limits in crisis invocation
Internal Dynamics
Formation discipline breached by single pilot
Organizational Goals
Regain control of deviated asset
Contain threat through intercept and compliance
Influence Mechanisms
Psych screening validations
Interceptor scramble resources