1.   American strike aircraft concentrated bombing missions on the mountains in northeastern Afghanistan in a region called Tora Bora.

2.   Some missions required as many tankers as strike aircraft.

3.   Some of the precision-guided bombs dropped by strike aircraft aboard the carrier would have been directed by lasers aimed by the pilots themselves.

4.   That is why, this and other officials said, the new deployments included the heavier bombers and strike aircraft.

5.   The engine would power a new military strike aircraft for both the United States and Britain.

6.   Those strikes could pick up in the coming days should Washington move land-based strike aircraft into neighboring Tajikistan.

7.   Pakistan says India is moving a land strike force toward the border and has already deployed strike aircraft along the border.

8.   A defense spokesman said no British strike aircraft were involved in the operation in Afghanistan.

9.   Attacking were dozens of Navy strike aircraft, several Air Force bombers and a few Air Force fighter-bombers.