The Bush Administration is anxious to soften any military attack on Afghanistan with humanitarian aid to civiliansthere are even plans to air-drop food supplies to people who .
After returning to Suchow, we boarded a Chinese air force C46 on a mission to air-drop ammunition and hospital supplies to General Huang Po-tao.
There were immediate suspicions that Bill Clinton's decision last week to air-drop relief supplies over Bosnia -- a step that had seemed like a low-risk humanitarian gesture .