31.   The Soviet-era base will be used by the U.S. and its allies to fly diplomatic and aid missions in and out of Afghanistan.

32.   The United States also has used bases here to temporarily house refugees from Vietnam and Kurdish areas in northern Iraq.

33.   The United States is already using bases in Pasni, Jacobabad and Dalbandin for search-and-rescue missions and as staging areas for Special Forces.

34.   The United States military is using bases in Pakistan and the Persian gulf to carry out its fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

35.   The Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists allegedly used the base for drug-smuggling and other operations.

36.   The United States cannot use its bases for combat operations without Japanese permission, and American officials sometimes worry about whether they would get that permission in a crisis.

37.   There are unconfirmed reports that U.S. forces are already on the ground in Uzbekistan, and will use bases there to stage attacks into Afghanistan.

38.   They have given conflicting signals about whether the United States can use bases on Saudi territory for strikes against Afghanistan.

39.   This base is used for calculating how much in loans they can make.

40.   This time, the Pentagon has only limited permission to use bases for surveillance flights and planes that refuel fighters in midair, officials said.