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Refueling jet flying over iraq and syria. captain clark polica commanding the massive airborne gas station. >> challenging environment, but its very rewarding. >> reporter: the first batch of planes two f-15 eagles strike aircraft getting them hooked up to the tanker, a challenge of crews of both planes. >> it is two moving aircraft, but they are moving around the same speed. so at the end there is a rate of closure the aircraft has towards you when you stop and when you give them that contact. ...

Already had your tirkurkey. tell me what the day has been like so far. >> i had two servings of turkey and i am not in a food coma yet. we train even on thanksgiving. we did a 5k run. we did a turkey trot and another work day for these soldiers. we make sure we buy lots of turkey and pumpkin pie, et cetera. what is great these soldiers are doing what they love. and thats serving our country. theyre hoping they are making all the families and especially their families back at home proud of their ...

Aircraft carrier in the spring with the navy with a bunch of soldiers. what struck me, im not trying to get into a rivalry here. army/navy -- >> you hang out with the navy. its okay. >> that said, i think it was fascinating to me understanding the sense of purpose for serving this country and, also, how in touch with their families they were. what would the men and women around you want their families to know on this holiday? >> yeah. when i was here 13 years ago as a soldier and a captain as an...

Up and saying, listen, isis does not represent. isis is not welcome here any more. so, our partnership with the iraqi army, they have taken up isis in ramadi and focus in mosul. the capital of iraq is mosul and were going to take them out. after that, were taking out their capital raqqa and syria. we cant let isis do harm to our partners. >> final question, sir. were separated by thousands of miles, but what do you want the rest of us to know about what you all are doing back here at home? >> we...

The fight to isis half a world away. so, we will take you there to meet them. >> we will just ahead. first, a thanksgiving message from one of our brave service members overseas. >> captain clark from new york city and i guess the most i miss about home is being home with family and friends and kind of having that big meal and that big feast. id like to say hi to all my family and friends back in the states, back in new york. lyou gotta make a truck heavier to make it stronger, has been workin...

But people dont realize the iraqi army with our help and our partnership has been able to liberate over 500,000 iraqis from the scourge of isis, which is just a terrorist organization which is doing horrible things not just here in iraq and syria and afghanistan, but also, obviously, in our own america with san bernardino and other instances. >> secretary murphy, you mentioned mosul a moment ago. can i just ask you an update. how is that fight progressing? >> you know, what you see in mosul righ...

Tankers, the planes that are flying missions against isis could only stay in the area of operation for an hour, maybe an hour and a half. thanks to the tanker airplane, they can get fuel in the sky and stay in the area to fight isis for up to seven hours. so instead of turkey and football for the kc-10 crews, its eight to ten-hour missions hovering over this key battlefield. the pain of being away from their loved ones mitigated by the contribution theyre making to the war against terror. >> i l...