SOCCENT Forward Operations Base

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<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 352px"><A class=image title="Where young Arab boys may walk around unescorted." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Movie_SOCCENTQatar_sign.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=145 alt="Where young Arab boys may walk around unescorted." src="SOCCENT Forward Operations Base - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/350px-Movie_SOCCENTQatar_sign.jpg" width=350 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Movie_SOCCENTQatar_sign.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="SOCCENT Forward Operations Base - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Where <A title=Mahfouz href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mahfouz">young Arab boys</A> may walk around unescorted.</DIV></DIV></DIV> SOCCENT Forward Operations Base is a <A title="United States Military" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_States_Military">United States Military</A> base located in <A title=Qatar href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Qatar">Qatar</A>, under the command of <A title="Colonel Sharp" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Colonel_Sharp">Colonel Sharp</A> and subordinate of the US Central Command (USCENTCOM). As part of SOCCENT (Special Operations Command, Central), it is home to soldiers belonging to various spec-ops military branches, such as the US Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, Marine Corps, US Navy SEALS and pilots of the US Air Force. The base is equipped with a variety of hardware including tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, jets, airplanes and inflatable toys.

More accurately, it was these things until an unfortunate encounter with a <A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon">hostile alien being</A>.


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<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base#Fiction"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fiction</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base#Transformers_.282007.29"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Transformers (2007)</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base#Trivia"><SPAN class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Trivia</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base#External_links"><SPAN class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>External links</SPAN></A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <A name=Fiction></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Fiction</SPAN></H2><A name=Transformers_.282007.29></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Transformers (2007)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base&action=edit&section=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Transformers (2007)</SPAN></H3> On the same evening that <A title="William Lennox" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/William_Lennox">Captain William Lennox</A> and his team of Rangers returned from a mission behind enemy lines, a <A title="Blackout (Movie)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blackout_(Movie)">mysterious MH-53 Pave Low helicopter</A> flew into the airspace of SOCCENT Qatar. Colonel Sharp ordered the unknown bird to Squawk Ident (identify itself) and leave his airspace. When the helicopter did not respond nor comply with the orders to turn back, Sharp dispatched two F-22 Raptors to intercept and escort the helicopter to the base, ordering the helicopter to follow under threat of deadly force.

When they got within range, one of the Raptor pilots identified the helicopter as designation 4500X, a confirmed casualty in Afghanistan three months prior. The Raptors escorted the Pave Low in, allowing the bogey to land on deck at the base as soldiers immediately formed a security perimeter around it. When radar crew in Operations reported that the helicopter was jamming their radar, the power suddenly blinked out and back in. Colonel Sharp attempted radio communications again, ordering the Pave Low pilot to power down and have his crew step out or be killed.

The Pave Low stopped its main rotor, but <A title=Transformation href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformation">what followed</A> was not quite what Sharp had in mind.

The "helicopter" killed soldiers attempting to flee before unleashing a shockwave that severely damaged the air control tower. Shrugging off weapons fire directed at it, the robot tossed aside tanks and aircraft with ease while destroying whatever was in its way. It was a real dickhead. Locating the main computer server, it began hacking the US Military intranet, achieving record download speeds as it assimilated terabytes of classified information before Colonel Sharp physically severed the core's network hardlines with a fire axe.


With its primarily objective a failure, the giant robot proceeded to destroy what remained of the base as well as nearly everyone in it.

The next day, in an emergency session at the <A title=Pentagon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pentagon">Pentagon</A>, Secretary of Defense <A title="John Keller" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/John_Keller">John Keller</A> personally headed the investigation into the base attack, initially announcing that there did not appear to be any survivors. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Transformers (2007)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_(2007)">Transformers (2007)</A></SPAN>

<A name=Trivia></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Trivia" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base&action=edit&section=3">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Trivia</SPAN></H2>

  • <A class=extiw title=wikipedia:Holloman_Air_Force_Base

href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holloman_Air_Force_Base">Holloman Air Force Base</A> in New Mexico served as the primary shooting location for the SOCCENT Qatar base. <A name=External_links></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: External links" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=SOCCENT_Forward_Operations_Base&action=edit&section=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>External links</SPAN></H2>

  • <A class="external text"

title=http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123021221 href="http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123021221" rel=nofollow>Official US Air Force news article on Holloman AFB's role in the

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