1.   Putin agreed to open Russian airspace to relief missions, participate in some search-and-rescue missions and arm anti-Taliban missions in Afghanistan.

2.   That money was provided after Pakistan agreed to to open its airspace and provide some logistics and basing facilities to carry out operations inside Afghanistan.

3.   The new program was supposed to open additional airspace, including some corridors flying over Canada and into the military airspace along the East Coast.

4.   Then he chose to wait for the Federal Aviation Administration to open the airspace.

5.   Worst of all, some of the nations along the round-the-world track did not open their airspace to balloons and had to be avoided.

6.   At the request of U.S. President Bill Clinton and NATO, Croatia opened its airspace if needed for NATO planes engaged in airstrikes on neighboring Yugoslavia.

7.   Blair visited Romania and Bulgaria during the airstrikes against Yugoslavia to bolster support for NATO and to thank the two countries for opening their airspace to NATO warplanes.

8.   Croatia has opened its airspace, if needed, for NATO planes.

9.   Croatia is not a NATO member, but it opened its airspace if needed for NATO planes.

10.   France has already opened its airspace to U.S. military aircraft and is supplying naval support, with two vessels in the Indian Ocean.