11.   For six years the U.S., France and Britain had been flying air patrols over Kurdistan whose unstated purpose was to deter any such Iraqi action.

12.   From the base, the United States runs an air operations center that coordinates combat patrols over the no-flight zone in southern Iraq.

13.   In the aftermath of the attacks, President Bush ordered jet fighters on patrol over several American cities to shoot down any suicide attackers as a last resort.

14.   Instead, the two Langley planes flew a combat air patrol over Washington, circling to protect the city from incoming aircraft.

15.   Iraq demanded that Arab leaders break the sanctions, condemn allied air patrols over Iraq and resume regular civilian flights to Baghdad.

16.   Just a few weeks ago, senior American officials described U.S. fighter jet patrols over northern Iraq as critically important.

17.   Now every night my friend and other Washington-area residents hear military fighter jets flying patrol over the capital.

18.   Now, traders speculate that carrier aircraft patrols over no-fly zones in Iraq likely will discourage further Iranian attacks.

19.   Now, traders speculate that carrier aircraft patrols over no-fly zones in Iraq likely will quell further Iranian attacks, analysts said.

20.   Pilots from the ship have flown combat air patrols over the Balkans before, in support of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.