1.   American military leaders wanted control of Iwo Jima because it had air fields from which to send fighter cover for the bombing of Japan.

2.   At a Staten Island park, children dig soccer cleats into land that offers a faint outline of a former Army air field.

3.   Air fields, air defense sites and a number of military bases were also targeted.

4.   Both pilots were expected to be released Tuesday from a military hospital unit on this air field, the Army said.

5.   But Rondon said potential clients in the air cargo field have expressed an interest in a freight facility that operates independently of commercial passenger flights.

6.   During World War I, the Army relied on a small air field in Staten Island called Miller Field.

7.   Especially hard hit would be small and medium-sized air fields, said Todd Hauptli, a lobbyist for the American Association of Airport Executives.

8.   Lt. Michael Vangheem, of Green Bay, Wis., the bombadier-navigator in the second bomber, zeroed in on the Jalibah air field, too.

9.   NATO troops already are based at the air field and will run it.

10.   Papp said the planes were circling the air field and preparing to land.