they are dealing with all injuries. there are a lot of needs that and that's just here at the airport. i want to bring in captain john sh shamous. you're here with the air force, what is your job. >> i'm here with the small combat controllers and rescuers and our primary job is to help the them reestablish the air field and make sure it's efficient 24 hours a day. >> how long will that take and what does that require? >> for example, yesterday we arrived and the lights on the runway weren't working. we had the ability to set up lights. as of yesterday, the lights are working again but the next question is can we do night operations. what we bring to the fight -- or effort is assist in 24 hour operations, 12 hours of night operations. >> are you hoping -- can you put a time frame on when you think you'll get it up and run sng. >> tonight we're operational.