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Much of a blow it was to syria's overall capability, and general, we're in the process of isolating raqqa right now. does the coalition and our partnered forces there have what they need to begin the offenses on raqqa, and what more resources do they need? >> yeah. the syrian air force is not in good shape. it's been worn down by years of combat plus significant maintenance problems. we thought it was -- i thought it was about 20%. i think it's around 20 aircraft were taken out which probably equates to about that, although i probably shouldn't have used the 20%. we're trying to provide inform...

Capabilities and general votel, we're in the process of isolating raqqa right now. does the coalition and our partner force there's have what they need to begin the offensive on raqqa and what more resources do they need? >> the syrian air force is not in good shape. it's been worn down by years of combat, plus some significant maintenance problems. we thought it was -- i thought it was about 20%. i think it's around 20 aircraft that were taken out, which equates to that. i probably shouldn't use the 20%. we're trying to provide information as it comes in. this is one of the challenges of tryi...

How much of a blow it was to syria's overall capability? and general, we're in the process of isolating raqqa right now, does the coalition and our partnered forces have what they need to begin the offensive on raqqa and what more do they need. >> it's been worn down by years of combat plus significant maintenance problems. we thought it was -- i thought it was about 20%. i think it's around 20 aircraft were taken out which probably equates to about that, although i probably shouldn't use the 20%. we're trying to provide information as it comes in and this is one of the challenges of trying to...