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Ngos. the military side of the airfield is open and the civilian side of the airfield is also open. and we intend to keep them both open for military commercial and charter flights. one caveat on the civilian side however is that the air frames have to command by visual flight rules only and a notice has gone out to the air crews. the state department is working to rapidly increase the flow of passengers available to get out on the aircraft and we're fully supporting them with our military personnel at the entrance gates. in highly dynamic environment, there is a number of unexpected challenge...

Home, sending military me enforcement to the united arab emirates to begin evacuations to abu dhabi. just to get the geography of west of afghanistan's iran, west of that is the persian gulf. and a bit south of there are dubai, and the united arab emirates. so, it's a bit of a trip. but france is also closing its embassy in kabul. more than 600 people to be evacuated, with french armed forces on their way to the uae to facilitate that evacuation. i'd like to -- >> infect, it's worth mentioning that within the last couple of, hours the state -- of point out a joint statement explaining what hap...

Relatively small fleet, small navy. >> we should probably be before we have any idea as to cause put in a good word for this piece of equipment this aircraft. because there is often a reaction in washington and elsewhere, to just, you know, try to modernize and replace something when, in fact, this dprum man acre, along with things like the a-10, the b 52, these are old air frames, yet they've never designed or built anything better for the task. >> you know this aircraft, the last time there was a crash of this allergic was very nearly 40 years ago. we have pieces of equipment, fantastic peop...

In the attack. our military policy in syria has not changed. our priority remains the defeat of isis. isis represents a clear and present danger and iedia threat to europe and ultimately a threat to the united states homeland. in closing, the syrian regime should think long and hard before it acts so recklessly in violation of international law against the use of chemical weapons. the general will provide further information on the strike. >> thank you, mr. secretary. secretary mattis stated the united states central command was directed to develop military options and response to the syrian r...

Some of these air frames are. but at the same time, you and i both know the avionics are new and updated and you and i also know that to a lot of people this is their aircraft of choice. they swear by the c-130. >> absolutely. it's essentially the workhorse of the u.s. military. c-130s are all over the world. they're flying in the united states. they're flying in europe, the middle east and they're flying not just all over the place but all the time. they are truly the workhorse of the u.s. military. and, you know, if you've spent any time in iraq or afghanistan, anywhere the military is opera...