21.   The generals used naval exercises near the eastern Chinese port of Qingdao in October and air exercises in November to further flex their muscles.

22.   The five-day air exercises will take place in the Astrakhan region of southern Russia, Interfax said Saturday.

23.   The one-day air defense exercise was the latest in a series of increasingly frequent maneuvers in recent years under the Five Power Defense Arrangements.

24.   The Russian military held air exercises near two neighboring nations Wednesday, eliciting a strong protest from Japan, which said the planes violated its airspace.

25.   Troops from United States, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Czech Republic, Moldova, Slovakia and Romania to attend air exercises under Partnership for Peace Program.

26.   With air exercises near the Yugoslav border, NATO showed emphatically what it can do in the Balkans.

27.   He hinted that Bahrain could take part in US-Jordanian air exercises due to take place in mid-April in the kingdom.

28.   China regards Taiwan as a breakaway republic and launched a series of military sea and air exercises this month a what Washington has called a clear provocation.

29.   The rain stopped Tuesday but the cloud remained low and could disrupt the air exercises, experts said.

30.   The vessel was to leave from there on Monday to take part in a multi-nation sea and air exercise off the northern coast of Scotland.