Definitely, it was a "journalistic b..it" meaning of CAP. How the 24/7 air patrolling could be arranged having just 4-6 aircraft for this purpose at the airbase? Nonsense.
In reality it seems there will be a couple of machines "standing" near the strip with somewhat 2-3 min readiness to take off.
The following article indirectly confirms that (sorry, it's in Russian):
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