try this…

http://www.f-16.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=PhotoGallery&file=index&include=search.php&searchstring=NATO+Air+Meet

Back to 2004… Here some pics I found on the net.
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album13/ant.sized.jpg
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album13/anu.sized.jpg
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album14/adv.sized.jpg
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album14/adw.sized.jpg
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album14/adx.sized.jpg
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album15/aen.sized.jpg

Some pics of last year (2003)

Maybe US will stop providing everything after that? 😉

Since there is no Pak news topic…
New US law to help Pakistan fight terror

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: A bill introduced in Congress seeks to provide the president with blanket authority to help Pakistan fight terrorism and Islamic extremism.

Bill No 5024 based on some of the recommendations of the 9/11 commission lays down in Section 302, “Assistance to support efforts by the Government of Pakistan to fight extremists:

(a) Sense of Congress – It is the sense of Congress that, if President Pervez Musharraf and other leaders of Pakistan remain willing to make their own difficult choices and stand for enlightened moderation in a fight for their lives and for the life of their country, the United States should be willing to make hard choices too, and make the difficult long-term commitment to the future of Pakistan. (b) Assistance – The president is authorised to provide assistance, on such terms and conditions as the president may determine, to support the Government of Pakistan in its struggle against extremists. The president shall ensure that assistance provided under this subsection is part of a comprehensive effort by the United States to provide increased military assistance and economic and development assistance (including assistance for education reform) in Pakistan.

Section 302 asks that the United States and the international community make a long-term commitment to achieve security and stability in Afghanistan in order to give the Government of Afghanistan a reasonable opportunity to improve the life of the Afghan people. Afghanistan should not be allowed to become a sanctuary again for international crime and terrorism, it adds.

Section 304 relates to US-Saudi relations and notes that it is the “sense of Congress” that the current problems in the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia should be “confronted in an open and transparent manner” and the two countries should work together to determine if they can build a relationship that their political leaders are prepared to publicly defend and that is based on mutual interests other than the oil production capability of Saudi Arabia. It adds under the heading Declaration of Policy, “It shall be the policy of the United States government to ensure that the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia includes a shared commitment to political and economic reform in Saudi Arabia and a shared interest in greater tolerance and cultural respect in Saudi Arabia, translating into a commitment by the Government of Saudi Arabia to fight violent extremists who foment hatred.

Another section deals with “programmes to enhance a positive image of the United States in Muslim countries” and notes that “opinions of the United States in Muslim countries are significantly distorted by highly negative and hostile beliefs and images and many of these beliefs and images are the result of misinformation and propaganda by individuals and organisations hostile to the United States.” It points out that these negative opinions and images are highly prejudicial to the interests of the United States and to its foreign policy. This section declares that as part of a broad and long-term effort to enhance a positive image of the United States in Muslim countries, programmes should be established to promote greater familiarity with American society and values among the general public and select audiences in Muslim countries.

As for the protection of human rights in Muslim countries, Section 312 notes that it is the sense of Congress that the United States government should re-evaluate its relationship with the governments of Muslim countries, including such governments that are friends or allies of the United States, if those governments violate or otherwise do not respect internationally recognised human rights or the rule of law. The US, it recommends, should consider taking appropriate measures against such governments, including withdrawal of diplomatic relations.

The next section suggests that as in the Cold War, the United States needs to defend its ideals abroad vigorously, pointing out that often, the United States does not stand up for its values. It states that the US “defended, and still defends, Muslims against tyrants and criminals in Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.” It warns that if the United States does not act aggressively to define itself in Muslim countries, extremists will “gladly do the job for us.”

To achieve this, the section lays down, “There are authorised to be appropriated to carry out United States government radio, television, and other communications activities to Muslim countries under the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 … including to make and supervise grants to the Middle East Television Network, including Radio Sawa, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year.”

The bill urges the president to work with friendly foreign countries and international organisations, such as members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Group of Eight (G-8), to “develop a comprehensive coalition strategy against Islamist terrorism. Such a strategy should include the establishment of a flexible contact group of leading coalition governments to discuss and coordinate the most important policies with respect to the coalition strategy, including policies for targeting travel by terrorists and their sanctuaries.”