I'm sure in a national defense scenario they have ways to "pull rank" and do what they need to do. But this would require a good reason. Like a VIP was on board and someone was attacking them.
It's very easy to pull rank. When Air Force One flies into an airport they have the airport and airspace closed.
There's also no need to because current procedures already covers this. All the aircraft would have to do is declare an emergency and they get to go and land wherever they want.
This is the thing people don't understand. Certain military and government aircraft can pull this kind of crap even when it doesn't seem necessary. (At least not to me as an outsider).
Now it's easy to say, "Well, Bilbo0s, who are you to say it wasn't necessary?"
That's true, but it's an argument that's closed onto itself. We can't probe any further 'cuz "National Security". So this unimaginably dangerous practice of allowing military and government pilots to do this sort of thing "if necessary" continues.
We need to, at minimum, have a discussion about why the practice is necessary?
