Location

Chingchuankang

Chingchuankang's tarmac stretches under Keyhole's pitiless stare, ten Super Cobra attack helicopters hunkered in battle-ready rows, blades drooping yet primed to whip skyward. Asphalt bakes in Taiwan's humid tension, each gunship a coiled predator amid island-wide alerts—rotor shadows slice the ground as satellite intel rips through Situation Room briefings, transforming this distant airfield into the crisis's raw nerve center, where defensive steel meets China's invasion shadow play.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Diffuses Tension, Briefed on Penghu Invasion Sim, Authorizes Carl Vinson Move

Chingchuankang tarmac exposed by Keyhole intel showing Super Cobras, anchoring Taiwanese equipment movement reports that validate alert status and propel U.S. strategic pivots in the unfolding chess match.

Atmosphere

Tense readiness under satellite scrutiny

Functional Role

Staging ground for defensive helicopters

Symbolic Significance

Nerve center of Taiwan's high alert

Access Restrictions

Military airfield, secured

Hunkered helicopters in humid tension Rotor shadows on baking asphalt

S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Orders Carl Vinson Detour to Taiwan Strait

Keyhole exposes Chingchuankang tarmac hosting Super Cobras, Leo noting their readiness; this airfield nerve-center intel validates Taiwan's mobilization, accelerating Vinson detour debate.

Atmosphere

Tense humidity with rotor shadows

Functional Role

Defensive airbase staging counterforce

Symbolic Significance

Frontline of island defense readiness

Access Restrictions

Secured military installation on alert

Baking asphalt Parked gunships in rows

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Diffuses Tension, Briefed on Penghu Invasion Sim, Authorizes Carl Vinson Move

President Bartlet and Leo enter the Situation Room amid military honors. Bartlet lightens the grave mood with a wry joke about Hartsfield's Landing votes potentially resolving the crisis. Nancy McNally …

S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Orders Carl Vinson Detour to Taiwan Strait

Leo methodically interrogates military intel on Taiwan's alert status, Super Cobra deployments, and carrier positions, identifying the Carl Vinson en route to the Arabian Gulf as a pivotal asset. Checking …