21.   Throughout the day, NATO aircraft were flying sorties out of bases in Italy, although not bombing runs.

22.   Thousands more troops were expected within hours, as war planes continued bombing runs for a second day Friday against rebel implacements, Air Force spokeswoman Maj. Angela Rodriguez.

23.   U.S. planes resume bombing runs.

24.   Vieques is a Puerto Rican island, part of which is used by the Navy to conduct training including bombing runs.

25.   NATO bombing runs could resume soon after.

26.   The accident occurred in late morning Saturday over barren land used regular by Dutch, German and British military planes for low-level training bombing runs.

27.   The breakthrough comes after more than two weeks of raids in which nearly a thousands bombing runs were made by NATO warplanes.