1.   -- Organizing a handful of marine units for amphibious assault and training airborne forces for rapid deployment in Soviet-made transport aircraft.

2.   He entered the army airborne forces, rose to commander first of a paratroop battalion, then an airborne regiment and finally an airborne division.

3.   On the terminal building, a Russian flag and the flag of Russian airborne forces flew side by side, with a British flag off to one side.

4.   A Russian flag and the flag of Russian airborne forces flew atop the terminal building, with a British flag off to one side.

5.   Belarusian airborne forces held a military exercise in southwestern Belarus on Tuesday, involving parachute landing of troops and their weapons.

6.   Fog dogged the first week or so of the airlift bringing headquarters and communications troops from Germany and airborne forces from Italy to provide security at the air base.

7.   He also said the airborne forces would be made subordinate to the ground forces, but stressed that paratroopers continue to have their own separate identity.

8.   He said that planned reductions violate his orders last month to develop the airborne forces.

9.   Hurd said that whether to put the new British units, which included artillery and airborne forces, under U.N. or direct British command still was being worked out.

10.   In Moscow, Gen. Georgy Shpak, commander of the Russian airborne forces, said he spoke by phone Tuesday with the Russian units at the airport in Kosovo.