11.   It is possible that the forward air controller was using a laser to designate the target, but officials said they believe this was unlikely.

12.   Now, Fitzgerald said, pilots take off and are later given targets by U.S. special forces on the ground in Afghanistan, known as forward air controllers.

13.   Serbs were also insisting that no military experts trained in a ground support role for airpower, known as forward air controllers, remain or be sent to Gorazde.

14.   Serbs were also insisting that no military experts trained in a ground support role for airpower, known as forward air controllers, be allowed in Gorazde.

15.   That would require enlargement of the small U.S. contingent of ground-based forward air controllers now in Bosnia to help planes find their targets.

16.   The identity of the Navy pilot flying as the airborne forward air controller has not been released.