>> new defense department video shows some of those targets exploding and sending huge clouds of smoke into the air. the goal is to cripple the main source of revenue from sails of black market oil. martha raddatz is the only american journalist reporting from a u.s. war ship launching those air strikes. >> reporter: here in the middle of the persian gulf, u.s. ships and war planes are waging a 24/7 war against isis. dropping almost as many bombs in just three days as the entire first month of attacks on isis in iraq. there are over 60 aircraft on this carrier. most of strike fighters. also surveillance and reconnaissance planes and helicopters as well. the strikes targeting those critical isis controlled oil fields. once generating millions a day. now after a wave of air strikes now after a wave of air strikes,