Fighting Erupts Along the Border, F-16s Deployed

Clashes break out near Prasat Ta Muen Thom and spread to at least 12 border locations. The Royal Thai Air Force deploys six F-16 jets, striking Cambodian 8th and 9th Army positions -- its first combat sorties since the 1987-88 Thai-Laotian border war. Cambodian forces fire BM-21 rockets that Thai media say hit a hospital, a gas station and residential areas. Thailand declares martial law in border districts.