injuries. i want to bring in captain john shay muss. right? >> correct. >> you're here with the air force. what's your job here? >> i'm with a squad to continue pa pararescue. and our primary job is to reestablish this airfield and make sure it's efficient for 24 hours a day. >> how long is that going to take? and what does that require? >> well, for example yesterday we arrived and the lights on the runway weren't working. so we have the ability to set up lights. as of yesterday the lights are working again. but then the next question is can we do night operations? what we bring to the fight is the effort to assist in 24 hour operations which includes 12 hours of night operations. >> are you hoping, i mean, can you put a time frame on when you think you might get it up and running? >> tonight, right now, it's operational. we're using our capabilities.