1.   Congress repealed the ban on women flying Naval combat missions.

2.   He was nervous and cocky at our briefing, the dashing leader of a combat mission to the dreaded Ia Drang.

3.   His very first authentic combat mission as commander.

4.   ...the prohibition of women on air combat missions.

5.   In a major departure from tradition the bill also permitted women pilots to fly combat missions, subject to the agreement of the air force and the navy.

6.   We flew three hundred and one combat missions.

7.   American special operations forces, coordinating combat missions with Pashtun fighters, kept up the pressure on the Taliban.

8.   And none of the allies were willing to send ground troops on a combat mission to Kosovo unless the United States went with them.

9.   As a fighter pilot who has now flown combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, he said he did not care if his name was published.

10.   After the death of wife Carole Lombard while promoting war bonds, Gable flew with a photography unit on five risky combat missions and received an Air Medal.