1.   Its more usual role would be as a floating base for bombers.

2.   The aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, which has been used as a floating base for U.S. Army helicopter-borne forces, has been off the coast of Pakistan.

3.   The Kitty Hawk is expected to be used as a floating base for helicopters as well as commando units.

4.   It left its home base in Japan without its usual number of airplanes aboard, allowing it to be used as a floating base for special forces operations.

5.   The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is on station in the Arabian Sea and is serving as a floating base for special operations forces.

6.   The ship will serve as a floating base for other forces, defense officials said.

7.   The ship will serve as a floating base for other forces, defense officials say.

8.   The USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier also will be available in or near the Arabian Sea as a floating base for other forces, defense officials said.

9.   The USS Kitty Hawk is coming from Japan to be used as a floating base for other forces.

10.   But the Okinawans argue that the floating base would not be suitable for the prefecture, which is often hit by typhoons, the newspaper said.