but thanks to the tanker jet, u.s.-led aircraft can stay airborne as long as it takes to find their targets and take them out. fred pleitgen, cnn, with the u.s. air force over iraq and syria. thanks to frederik pleitgen for that report. coming up live in the cnn newsroom, more reaction on the death of cuba s fidel castro. senator mel martinez will join me live. you ll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you re even smarter. this is truecar. what ever happened to theo say, handling ?ing and handling ? i do all the handling. can you handle this laptop before we ship it, nick? there s free shipping, and handling on everything at dell.com.
understand it. we work through it. i am home. but right now it s my time to be out here. i am just happy to be serving. reporter: around mosul, we see the billowing smoke of oil fires isis has started to try and distract coalition planes. thanks to the tanker jet, u.s.-led aircraft can stay airborne as long as it takes to find their targets and take them out. fred pleitgen, cnn. thank you. just in, hillary clinton sending out an interesting thanksgiving message weeks after losing the presidential election to donald trump. we will show it for you next. s t for the holidays. before his mom earned 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ dinosaur growls ] and his dad earned 2% back at grocery stores and wholesale clubs. yeah! even before they earned 3% back on gas. danny s parents used their bankamericard cash rewards credit card to give him the best day ever.
operations for about an hour, maybe an hour and a half. thanks to the tanker airplane, they can get fuel in the sky and stay in the area to fight isis for up to seven hours. so instead of turkey and football, for the kc-10 crews it s eight to ten hour missions hovering over this key battlefield. the pain of being away from loved ones mitigated by the contribution they are making to the war against terror. i love flying. i wouldn t rather be doing anything else. it is hard being away from family but i love this job. i enjoy supporting our country. i m actually honored to be here. being away from family, they understand it. right now it s my time to be out here and i m just happy to be serving. reporter: around mosul, we see the billowing smoke of oil fires isis started to try to distract coalition planes. thanks to the tanker jet, u.s.-led aircraft can stay airborne as long as it takes to
maybe an hour and a half. but thanks to the tanker airplane, they can get fuel in the sky and stay in the area to fight isis for up to seven hours. so instead of turkey and football, for the kc-10 crews, it s eight to ten-hour missions hovering over this key battlefield. the pain of being away from their loved ones mitigated by the contribution they re making to the war against terror. i love flying. it is hard being away from family. i love this job and i enjoy supporting our country. so i m actually honored to be here. you know, being away from family, they understand it, we work through it, but right now it s my time to be out here and i m just happy to be serving. around mosul, we see the billowing smoke of oil fires isis has started to try and distract coalition planes. but thanks to the tanker jet, u.s.-led aircraft can stay airborne as long as it takes to
but thanks to the tanker jet, u.s.-led aircraft can stay airborne as long as it takes to find their targets and take them out. cnn, with the usair force over iraq and syria. joining me now secretary of the army and he is with troops there today in kuwait. secretary murphy it s an honor and a privilege to be talking to you. i know the men and women around you can t hear me but turn around and say thank you and happy thanksgiving. all right, cnn just gave you all a shout out, you re the best-looking soldiers in the world. they re going to take that compliment. these men and women are away from their friends and their families this thanksgiving but they love their country and they re doing everything we can to make sure their families at home are safe. it s almost 3:00 in the afternoon where you are. am i correct in saying you