Pentagon orders combat aircraft to Gulf region

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<font size=5>Pentagon orders combat aircraft to Gulf region</font>

September 20, 2001 Posted: 3:29 AM HKT (1929 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More than 100 aircraft, including combat aircraft, are being ordered to deploy to the Persian Gulf region, Pentagon sources told CNN on Wednesday.

<font color="#FF0000">The deployment includes F-15 and F-16 fighter jets, B-1 bombers, AWAC surveillance planes and KC-135 tankers, according to Pentagon sources</font>.

The Pentagon is not releasing the specific locations where the aircraft will be sent. However, the U.S. has facilities for aircraft <font color="#FF0000">in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The deployment of planes will begin in the next few days</font>.

CNN Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre reported that Pentagon sources said <font color="#FF0000">the deployment is to give President Bush the maximum number of options for a retaliatory strike </font>in response to last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Sources also told CNN that"Operation Infinite Justice" is the tentative name selected for any retaliatory strikes, pending White House approval.

<font color="#FF0000">The deployment adds to the two aircraft carriers in the region, both of which have 75 aircraft aboard. The carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt also may be going to the area, having left Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia for the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday</font>.

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