1.   Pakistan has agreed to let US warplanes and assault helicopters fly through its skies to reach Afghanistan.

2.   The Chechens attacked Russian soldiers with a few tanks and missile launchers, while the Russians responded with artillery, tank fire, assault helicopters and fighter-bombers.

3.   Peacekeepers finally maneuvered tanks and armored personnel carriers into position to protect the fleeing Muslims, and called in Apache assault helicopters to buzz the Serb mob.

4.   It was designed to destroy aircraft, cruise missiles, assault helicopters and other targets at low or medium altitudes.

5.   No fire was coming from the compound Tuesday morning, and Israeli officers ordered journalists away as an Apache assault helicopter circled overhead.

6.   On the shopping list are U.S. anti-armor and anti-aircraft rocket systems and Apache assault helicopters.

7.   Residents of the nearby Serb town of Nikolici said three unidentified assault helicopters held a brief shootout with villagers Thursday night where a French jet crashed last week.

8.   Six of seven assault helicopters that approached Koh Tang, the island where the seamen were believed held, were hit by heavy fire and two crashed.

9.   The military attacked another rebel faction Monday with howitzers and assault helicopters, officials said.

10.   Three assault helicopters and two reconnaissance planes also joined in the demonstration exercise, attended by senior military leaders.