1.   They were supported by air-to-air refueling aircraft, American airborne command and control aircraft known as Awacs and reconnaissance planes.

2.   Philippine Air Force spokesman Col. Horacio Lapinid said several U.S. bomber aircraft, cargo planes and refueling aircraft have overflown the Philippines this week for a base in Guam.

3.   A radar plane and an electronic monitoring plane flew overhead while refueling aircraft cruised up and down the border but did not enter Iraqi airspace.

4.   It flies surveillance, reconnaissance and refueling aircraft in the area and has warships in the Arabian Sea.

5.   The helicopters, supported by an RAF Hercules refueling aircraft, picked up the injured crew members early Wednesday.

6.   The only U.S. military presence in Turkmenistan is a small group of troops that operate refueling aircraft for cargo planes that carry aid into Afghanistan.

7.   The refueling aircraft are being based at Incirlik air base, home to U.S. and British jets that enforce a no-fly zone over northern Iraq.

8.   The refueling aircraft are to be used to support warplanes which began arriving at the two western Turkish air bases of Balikesir and Bandirma on Thursday.

9.   The U.S. military said Friday it has been sending refueling aircraft to a NATO base in southern Turkey to support warplanes available for use against Yugoslavia.

10.   The United Arab Emirates hosts U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft.