Meanwhile, marines secured the airport near Kandahar, to which they are expected to move their nearby desert base.

And a second link has been added to encrypted communication from the desert bases, to which the U.S. is denied access.

He helped the Libyans test his timers on an aircraft at a desert military base.

The mission was to sneak in from three different points, doing a soft probe on this remote desert base.

Once they get here, I'll load up as many weapons and as much fuel as I can carry, then head off to our desert bases.

She glanced back ruefully, unable to even see the top-secret desert base anymore.

Weather at the desert base is expected to be favorable.

It was described as the most significant mission undertaken since the Marines first set up their desert base on Nov. 25.

The Shadow agreed with Mildred's theory, but he was trying to deduce why she had been brought to the desert base.

Three times, The Shadow repeated the message giving the location of the desert base.