1.   German planes now defend American airspace as part of a multinational force on the eastern seaboard.

2.   The joint strike fighter, which would be built in much greater numbers, would be used to defend that airspace.

3.   Iraq, it said, merely defends its airspace.

4.   Iraqi Information Minister Abdel Ghani Abdel Ghafour vowed the Iraqi military would fight back against any aggression and would continue to defend its airspace.