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Hubert Field

Hubert Field registers as a named military air base serving as the home and launch point for the 16th Special Operations Group. The location functions as an operational pivot: alert crews and rescue assets mobilize here, mission briefs are issued, and aircraft stand ready on the flightline for immediate deployment. In the scene’s context it carries institutional urgency and moral weight—the site from which a rescue is born and from which political–military choices are projected into action.
2 events
2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S1E22 · What Kind Of Day Has It Been
Pilot on the Line — Bartlet's Ultimatum

Hubert Field is mentioned as the base of the 16th Special Operations Group, anchoring the rescue option geographically and institutionally as the origin point for the PAVE Hawks and MH-53J assets.

Atmosphere

Not physically present in the scene but invoked as a ready, mission-oriented airfield.

Functional Role

Staging base and operational origin for any helicopter-borne rescue.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the military's capacity to act quickly and covertly when ordered.

Access Restrictions

Military-controlled; deployable assets subject to command authorization.

Runway/flightline readiness implied Special operations crews prepared to mobilize
S1E22 · What Kind Of Day Has It Been
Get Him Back — Bartlet Personalizes the Rescue and Issues an Ultimatum

Hubert Field is cited as the home base of the 16th Special Operations Group and the launch point for the rescue helicopters; it is the logistical springboard for any recovery attempt.

Atmosphere

Implicitly primed for rapid sortie generation and high-tempo operations.

Functional Role

Launch point for rescue assets and the operational root of the tactical plan.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the military's readiness and the concrete capability behind the President's words.

Aircraft on alert/flightline readiness (implied) Special operations crews prepared for rapid deployment

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

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S1E22 · What Kind Of Day Has It Been
Pilot on the Line — Bartlet's Ultimatum

President Bartlet storms into the Situation Room to find military brass tracking an F‑117 pilot downed near Iraqi Republican Guard patrols. A sharp strategic split erupts: Phil urges diplomatic caution …

S1E22 · What Kind Of Day Has It Been
Get Him Back — Bartlet Personalizes the Rescue and Issues an Ultimatum

President Bartlet storms into the Situation Room, demanding facts and human details that turn a tactical rescue into a moral and political imperative. As military officers lay out the pilot's …