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...omen A Boeing 727 plane that disappeared from an airfield in Luanda, Angola, on May 25 has still not been found. Investigators are concerned that it might be used in a 9/11-style suicide attack
...soldiers approached, they realized that the airfield was really an onion field...
Barnes recalled one incident in which the 101st was poised to take an airfield outside of the city of Najaf. “I was in the planning session the night before,” he said. “The soldiers were discussing the airfield and the possibility of some weapon caches...
...Iraqis left this place in a hurry too. Bedsheets are still twisted in the sleeping quarters. Boots lie on the floor, and papers are strewn across airfield offices. But the unfriendly forces haven't gone far. On Thursday about 100 were discovered huddled in underground tunnels, hoping to be found by American and not Iraqi forces. Firefights routinely break out on the front lines, a few miles to the north...
...BASE The first U.S. cargo planes landed at an airfield south of Nasiriya that is expected to become a major point of resupply for coalition forces. Iraqi forces continued to attack coalition positions around the city...