A brief timeline of some of the important events in this campaign now follows:

Sep 19: U.S. dispatches more than 100 combat and support aircraft to various bases in the Middle East and Indian Ocean. Theses will join with the 150 planes already in the region. In addition, the aircraft carriers USS Roosevelt and USS Kitty Hawk will join the USS Enterprise, USS Carl Vinson, and HMS Illustrious bringing total US aircraft in the region to over 500.

Sep 23: Talaban militia claim to have shot down a UAV spy plane, the

Oct 01: Air force General Richard Myers assigned Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Oct 20: US Rangers and Special Forces attack by helicopter in Kandahar.

Some of these weapons systems are brand new and were tested for the first time. The UAVs Predator and Global Hawk have come through this trial very successfully and were an important element. Other weapons systems such as the AC-130 have not been used since Vietnam. The level of destruction and control the AC-130 was able to bring to the battle has proved its usefulness in today’s fights just as much as it was in yesterdays.

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