evacuation operation, we had been in the midst of drawing down our forces. >> i'm asking specifically since operations with u.s. forces began at the airport. since they began at the airport, were these the first armed overwatch overkabul. >> they are not. >> you say close air support. but to be clear, what you are saying is you are prepared now to conduct air strikes over kabul >> barbara, i won't talk about potential future operations. i do think it's important to level set here. even throughout the drawdown we had overwatch capabilities. throughout the drawdown we had overwatch capabilities. so the fact that we are flying overwatch missions now and have been since the 14th we were doing it before the 14th, as you would think we would.