For a moment the combat planes were holding their fire.

At the beginning of the war, Finland had a very small air force, with only 114 combat planes fit for duty.

Iraq recently sent combat planes to bases in the southern region and has also gathered ground forces there for a possible attack, Administration officials said.

The two sides, however, still have some important differences about exactly which aircraft should be subject to the overall limit on combat planes.

The long-term objective is to open to women virtually every job in the service, including flying combat planes.

The recommendation to bar women from flying combat planes, which came in an 8-to-7 vote, was a surprise.

In 1939 Poland had 390 combat planes that were mostly obsolescent.

Some 300 older combat planes have similarly been put in storage east of the Urals.

Under the plan, the Defense Department would patrol the skies over the city with combat planes.

And just as many allies sent ships, they could have sent hundreds of combat planes.