KHANABAD, Uzbekistan – A U.S.-marked aircraft arrived in Uzbekistan on Saturday, a day after President Islam Karimov granted permission for U.S. warplanes and troops to use an Uzbek air base for military operations against Afghanistan.
A cameraman for Associated Press Television News observed an aircraft with U.S. markings flying overhead near the Khanabad air base, about 180 miles southwest of the capital, Tashkent. An Associated Press photographer also saw a similar, large military plane taking off from the base.
A local police officer, who refused to be named, said that three or four planes had already landed. His report could not be confirmed.
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