Fighter jets to escort aid planes

US transport planes airdropping relief supplies into Afghanistan will fly with fighter escorts.

Fighter jets to escort aid planes
Fri, 05 Oct, 2001 - 07:23

US transport planes airdropping relief supplies into Afghanistan will fly with fighter escorts.

Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld revealed the airdrop plans in Cairo, Egypt, after President George Bush announced at the State Department the $320m (£217m) effort.

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