Landing at Fort Irwin

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Perhaps we should assume that any landing strip, including the one at Fort Irwin, would be too cluttered to land a plane safely and that by taking choppers it would be easier for them to land since they need a significantly smaller space to land and takeoff.

I hardly doubt that it'd be cluttered. The biggest issue would be knowing the condition of the runway and the airplane itself. The spool-up time is going to be significantly longer than a helicopter, not to mention there's a lot a prep time that'd go into just getting a larger airframe good to go.