Word: awacs
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...facilitate U.S. operations in the region. Tajik and Uzbek leaders had originally offered their facilities to the U.S., but withdrew their offer under pressure from Moscow. Moscow had cooperated with Washington during Desert Storm in 1991, sharing intelligence with the U.S. and providing a Russian air force reconnaissance AWAC-type plane. This time, Moscow's cooperation appears to be going further - though it remains to be seen whether Putin will exact some price for it later...
...anomalies. The weekend following the alleged rape, the Kadena base opened its gates to visitors for a festival with carnival rides, hamburgers and barbecued ribs. Hundreds of locals drove their cars across one of the airfield's long runways to get a glimpse of America's military hardware: an AWAC surveillance plane, armored vehicles, grenade launchers. Still, thoughts of the alleged rape were never far away. "My girlfriends and I are always bothered by these American servicemen," said Kaori Teruya. "They live in this safe place, behind fences, but they come out, do bad things to us and then return...