or by air once the airport has been opened. so the strategic future of this airport remains unresolved at a time when it is at its most vulnerable in terms of the u.s. forces there withdrawing and the continued threat, an ongoing threat coming from isis-k. sam kiley, cnn, in doha. for thousands of afghan evacuees who have made it out, one of their first stops has been ramstein air base in germany. tens of thousands of evacuees have passed through the u.s. air base in the last few weeks. thousands of others are living in tents set up around the base waiting for the next step in their journey. attica schubert takes us inside. >> reporter: as we get into his car brigadier general joshua olson, commander of the 86th air wing grapples with the sheer number of new arrivals. >> this is now my family.