27th Fighter Wing
Tactical Fighter Aviation and Crisis Air Operations from Cannon Air Force BaseDescription
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.