21.   The White House said Tuesday that the Clinton administration was weighing a request to use U.S. transport and attack helicopters to move European reinforcements into combat.

22.   There was no immediate report that the helicopter was attacked, he said.

23.   Two hours before the crash, the helicopter had been attacked by flares from another speedboat from Gibraltar.

24.   An unspecified number of US Apache attack helicopters and Blackhawk helicopters are also due to arrive in Israel by September, Bodinger said.

25.   The US government fears the crews of US transport helicopters and attack helicopters providing cover would become targets of Serb gunners.

26.   US attack helicopters stood by on the airport tarmac as part of an impressive security blanket.

27.   Suspected communist guerrillas attacked a helicopter in the northern Philippines, killing a Canadian geologist working for an Australian mining company, police said Wednesday.

28.   The helicopter was attacked as it flew over Kasibu in Nueva Viscaya province, the official said, but the pilot managed to maneuver away.