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Took the french aircraft, the french were ready to go in 30 minutes. then it took them 30 minutes approximately to get on the scene. so from that, i think it s a fair conclusion to say two hours after the initial contact was made, the initial french mirages arrived overhead. my judgment would be that unit thought they could handle the situation without additional support. so what we ll find out in the investigation exactly why it took an hour for them to call. we shouldn t conclude anything by that one hour. it may very well have been s been in these situations myself when you have enemy contact. you re initial assistment is you can deal with it. at some point in the firefight they concluded they needed support and they called for additional support. the confusion of the 30 minutes, which is always the danger of sharing information this is ....
Of october. do you have an idea of how long the firefight lasted? and did the mirages play any role in disrupting the firefight? anything i would tell you about the mirages, and i ve seen some of it, would be speculat n speculation. what i need to hear from are the guys on the ground who were employing those mirages before i make a reply on what effect those mirages had. do you have a general sense of how long it took place? only that it took several hours. well into the evening on the 3rd of october. sir, one last 4th of october. thank you. could you let us know how many u.s. forces are serving in africom total, west and east africa. maybe a potential breakdown? yeah, sure. i can give you a range. we have, on the order of 6,000, a little over 6,000 forces in africa. and they are in about 53 different countries. ....
Dealing with. so our initial assessment is these are local tribal fighters that are associated with isis. will you go after them once you locate where they are? i think we ll enable our local partners to go after them as a matter of priority. sir, thanks for your time. particularly when it comes to the mirages brought on scene, do you have a sense now that anything has changed now that you re back doing operations? is there any kind of shift here and what they allowed to do with their authorities or the coalition with how quickly can you get air support now? on the issue of authorities, u.s. forces and coalition forces in the area when it comes to an issue of force protection, self-defense, don t have any limitations. they don t have any limitations. that s something that s been discussed. so with regard to employing fires, if there s an issue of self-defense, we have the ....
Did the mirages play any role in disrupting the firefight? anything i would tell you about the mirages i ve seen some of it will be speculation. we ll get from the guys on the ground employing the mirages before i make a conclusion about what effect they had. the time of the firefight, do you have a general sense of how long it took place? only that it took several hours. well into the evening on october 3. one last october 4. thank you. could you let us know how many u.s. forces are serving in africom and east africa right now? maybe up in the break down. sure, i can. i can give you a range. we have on the order of 6,000, a little over 6,000 forces in 53 different countries. general dunford, on the ....
These are local tribal fighters that are associated with isis. and will you go after them once you locate where they are? i think we ll enable our local partners to go after them as a matter of priority. sir, thanks for your time. particularly when it comes to the mirages that were brought on scene, do you have a sense that anything has changed now that you re back to doing operations? is there any kind of shift here what they re allowed to do with their authorities or the coalition how quickly can you get air support now? on the issue of authorities, i just want to make it clear that u.s. forces and coalition forces in the area when it comes to an issue of force protection and self-defense don t have any limitations. they don t have any limitations. so that s been something that has been discussed. so, you know, with regard to employing fires, if there is an issue of self-defense, we have the inherent right to do that and we will do that. ....