11.   But even those few helicopters have been unable to fly many sorties due to a severe fuel shortage.

12.   During tense times, Chinese fighter jets have flown threatening sorties in the Taiwan Strait.

13.   Ettarashany said seven Bosnian Serb aircraft, probably from the Banja Luka air base, flew four sorties, dropping cluster bombs and strafing Croatian troops.

14.   French and Dutch planes also flew sorties.

15.   In Brussels, Belgium, NATO said poor weather meant that its planes flew fewer sorties than in recent days.

16.   Italy is the hub of the NATO operation, with allied planes flying sorties out of NATO bases here and a naval force sailing off its shores.

17.   Jetfighters flew more sorties and the soldiers fought skirmishes with guerrillas trying to escape.

18.   Jet fighters flew more sorties and the soldiers fought skirmishes with guerrillas trying to escape.

19.   Serb artillery and mortars have been pounding the guerrillas, while NATO warplanes are flying daily sorties in support of the pro-independence KLA.

20.   Serbs have been flying sorties over neighboring Bosnia throughout the war.