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There be in the air over libya at any given time, chris? >> it's hard to say because they don't parcel it out by country. it is a coalition effort. so they're mixing and matching french jets, uk jets, u.s. jets. and it really dependences on exactly what sort of mission they're flying. some are still flying these strike missions. others more further towards. eastern part of the country are now in a more patrol area, just sort of over flights. >> we're also learning this piece of information. admiral locklear is now saying this afternoon that air forces are now diminished, quoting here, to the p...

Was a training and repair facility, a facility they said that was used by civilians. we did see workshops, mechanical workshops where there were repairs for propellers for some of the vessels. clearly for us we could see this was a military facility that had been target, brooke. >> nic, as i keep you, stand by. i do want everyone to know we have you in tripoli. we also have arwa damon in benghazi. she's been working and covering the opposition forces. we'll get that side of things as well. but i want to ask you about a city not too terribly far from you, nic. and that's misrata. we've heard fr...

Is run by admiral locklear, on board the uss whitney, the naval vessel in the mediterranean and the u.s. is in the lead and plan, we are told, to hand over and transition responsibility for command and control to the coalition in the coming days and they do not plan -- the pentagon and the u.s. does not plan to be in the lead of the operation, for more than just a few days but have, as i say, unique capabilities that give them the ability to take down the air defenses, to send in an electronic -- jammers, they said they have not used those jammers yet but used the tomahawks and, it is that uni...

Tell us about it. >> well, the u.s. right now is in charge of the commanding control of the operation. it's being led, as you've reported by general carter ham at the newest command in germany. they're overseeing it but have you an admiral on board uss mount whitney, admiral locklear overseeing for the sixth fleet the tomahawk missiles being fired from three u.s. submarines in the med terrainin. a british submarine, as well as two u.s. destroyers, stout and barry. 114 cruise missiles as mentioned, clearly the fact there are still antiaircraft being fired out of tripoli they're going to have to...