b-52s and mq-9s. we have a significant amount of rotary wing aviation on the ground including attack and lift helicopters. in addition, we are working with our allies and partners that you our british infantry rifle companies along with british special forces on the ground working with us. there is also turkish security force and other international special operations forces. this force is capable of extracting a significant amount of people on u.s. air force aircraft. right now we're averaging about 20 sorties of c-17s every 24 hours. we have the capability of significantly increasing that through-put. as the secretary said, we've already evacuated approximately 5,000 people and we intend to increase it. in addition to the military air flow, there is a variety of commercial and charter flights taking out evacuees on behalf of various other countries and