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From the sky in afghanistan? these are the questions we need to be asking. at the moment, the us does have air superiority over afghanistan, basically has control of the air. but in order to conduct these precision air strikes, as i alluded to, you need boots on the ground, you need informants, you need the human channels. that's usually conducted with what's called a jtac — a joint air controller, usually a very highly qualified individual that embeds with forces on the ground to make sure the collateral damage of the positive identification goes seamlessly. that's not there any more. i thi...

Process that have gone massively wrong.- process that have gone massivel wronu. ., , massively wrong. one wonders if we would have _ massively wrong. one wonders if we would have found _ massively wrong. one wonders if we would have found out - massively wrong. one wonders if we would have found out about l we would have found out about this, hadjournalists we would have found out about this, had journalists not unpicked some of the cctv footage, and those explanations that came out of america at the time were very strong that there had been a secondary explosion that proved they had got their...

What's unique about the F-35 isn't just one thing, especially when you compare it to like an F-15 or older generation aircraft like the Phantom.

>> this was a joint special operations team. i think at the heart of it was s.e.a.l. team 6 but they'll go in with an air force air controller. >> and that circle by the way is chapman. >> they believe that's him. they did this not only from the drone imagery but the reports of those on the ground, the radio calls. they could begin to piece together where he was so that's -- this is, again, technology only the last couple of years that allowed them to do this. his job in these cases had things gone as they expected, if they need air cover here or a bomb planted over here, he gets on the horn a...

To discuss. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. abby: we just showed you photos of your brother. you have been a lot. he was your best friend. you grew up together. >> yeah. abby: tell us what happened to him. >> well, sam was truly a one of a kind individual. he was just so humble and caring and kind and he just embodied perrer is veernsz and he taught me that. and i think that's how i was able to get through the grief was because of all the attributes that he had. abby: he died. he stepped in for one of his brothers. >> he did. abby: he took something and lost his life. ...