1.   Helicopters prowl the skies in search of the dreaded gridlock.

2.   Navy fighter-bombers took off from carriers and prowled the skies over Afghanistan, hunting Taliban or al-Qaida troops or equipment, officials said.

3.   These are the questions that confront the Lebanese today as foreign warplanes prowl their skies and distant guns rain destruction on their villages.

4.   Overhead, a U.S. reconnaissance plane could be heard prowling the skies.

5.   CIA Predator drone aircraft, armed with Hellfire missiles, are also prowling the skies.

6.   Overhead, Apache and other U.S. attack helicopters prowled the skies, searching for al-Qaida and Taliban remnants believed fleeing toward Pakistan.

7.   U.S. jets, meanwhile, prowled the skies, most of them headed toward the ever-approaching front line.

8.   U.S. jets prowled the skies over the battle area and detonations from heavy bombers could be heard south of Gardez.