Thank you.
The pilots and air crews involved in the enforcement of the no-fly zone have a much clearer idea of how to carry that out than some of the more strategic questions that have been asked here. Once they're airborne, for instance, on what is a defensive, counter-air mission, they train all of their sensors--radar and electro-optical sensors--on their area of responsibility. They do that in a defensive combat air patrol some way back, and they're reactive to it.
But if they sense a target, basically a Libyan air asset, that is becoming airborne, they know they will require some sort of clearance, some sort of positive identification. And then it's clear what they have to do.
As it was with the missions that we flew, they came back with their missiles. That speaks not so much to a failure of the mission but perhaps to the effectiveness of the coalition warfare--the Tomahawk missiles and various other attacks that had taken place to that point--and also the deterrent effect of the CAF being airborne.
It's a very clear role for the air crews who are involved in it.