21.   The Wasp will throw four Harrier jump-jet attack aircraft into the exercise.

22.   They have speed patrol boats, attack marine aircraft and other naval equipment.

23.   U.S. attack aircraft pounded Taliban artillery and tank positions and command centers outside of the city Monday, Nadim said in a satellite telephone interview with The Associated Press.

24.   U.S. bombing of Taliban positions outside Kunduz was light despite clear skies, with only a few bombs dropped by heavy warplanes and by smaller attack aircraft.

25.   In July, a one-seater Pucara ground attack aircraft was blasted out of the sky.

26.   A Japanese destroyer accidentally shot down a US attack aircraft during multinational exercises in the Western Pacific north of the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, military officials said.

27.   A Japanese destroyer accidentally shot down a US attack aircraft during multinational exercises in the Western Pacific north of the Marshall Islands on Tuesday.

28.   A Japanese destroyer accidentally shot down a US attack aircraft during military exercises in the Western Pacific north of the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, defence officials said.

29.   A Japanese destroyer accidentally shot down a US attack aircraft during multinational military exercises in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii Tuesday, defence officials said.

30.   Defence Secretary Chandrananda de Silva has ordered an investigation into the crash, the second in four days involving a Sri Lankan airforce ground attack aircraft.