He didn't have to ask Congress when to begin the air war.

An air war is under way without them being in the lead.

The air war started in the north before the 22 June.

The army was planning on 15 days of air war before any ground forces were considered, he said.

Many people have said that we could win this with an air war alone.

The cost of the air war: an estimated $4 million.

Meanwhile the air war went on, as and when conditions allowed.

The effect of the air war on Iraq has been cruel.

He said the general "ran the air war for the president's father and did a brilliant job."

That was the way the air war over Germany went in the last years of the great conflict.