21.   Most of the US troops who returned to Bagram Sunday are young men who were on their first combat missions.

22.   Rogers, for instance, flew combat missions over Bosnia, where U.S. planes continue to fly.

23.   So far, none of the bombers has flown on a combat mission.

24.   The Colonel flew combat missions over Europe during World War II.

25.   The job of picking up the pieces has fallen to NATO, in the first combat mission in the history of the alliance, and very possibly its last.

26.   The men and women of Relief Force Tirana, the American component of Task Force Shining Hope, are on a humanitarian rather than combat mission.

27.   The New York Times was allowed to join a combat mission to observe its operations.

28.   The Pentagon is not naming the women, or other personnel involved in combat missions, for security reasons.

29.   The television advertisements include various images of Navy fighters and Marines in combat missions and Marine planes launching off aircraft carriers.

30.   They included combat missions in populated areas, sniper drills against multiple targets at varying distances, and use of foreign language skills.