New Air War Strategy in Iraq "The tactics, goals and weapons are all expected to be different. When bombs begin to drop - and in some cases before - there will be U.S. special operations troops on the ground inside Iraq calling in airstrikes and trying to confuse and disrupt Iraqi defenses, sources say. The sources told ABCNEWS the United States is likely to establish air bases inside Iraq within the first days, in the Kurdish-controlled north and most likely in the largely uninhabited western desert near the border with Jordan."