| All phone and satellite communication were taken down by the virus, and the decepticons knew the cube/Megatron were there. So they evacuated the cube while the others morse coded F-22s support in. They picked up shortwave radios from the rental shop in the city to call the airlift. Dangerous to civilians, yes, but being exposed on a desert highway will 0 communication at all would have been stupider.
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