The facility is located some-where in the Persian Gulf region. Within the confines of US Central Command's combined air and space operations center (CAOC), scores of flat screen monitors project a stream of images that have been beamed back to Earth from aircraft patrolling in the skies above Iraq and Afghanistan. Airmen here most closely watch the videos of US and allied forces under enemy fire. Such videos depict "troops in contact"-TICs, for short. It is a TIC, in fact, that on this day occupies the attention of Lt. Gen. Gary L. North, the commander of US AirForces Central and combined air forces in the Middle East. "The ground commander has said that we have troops in contact," said North, commenting as the video images flash across the monitors. He added, "We need [airpower] overhead, right now."
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机译：该设施位于波斯湾地区的某个地方。在美国中央司令部的联合航空与航天作战中心（CAOC）的范围内，数十台纯平显示器发出了一连串的图像，这些图像是从在伊拉克和阿富汗上空巡逻的飞机传回地球的。这里的飞行员最仔细地观看美国和盟军在敌人火力下的视频。简而言之，此类视频描述了“部队联系” -TIC。实际上，这是一个TIC，这一天引起了美国空军中央司令部和中东联合空军司令Gary L. North中将的注意。诺斯说：“地面指挥官说我们有部队在联系。”他补充说：“现在，我们需要[空中力量]开销。”
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