21. A French jet on a NATO reconnaissance flight over Bosnia-Herzegovina Saturday was hit by ground fire and returned safely to an airbase in Italy, NATO reported. 22. A jet fighter was hit by guerrilla ground fire but was not seriously damaged and returned safely, Velasco said. 23. A British helicopter sent to ferry the U.N. commander for Bosnia to meetings with NATO officials was hit by ground fire from government-held territory. 24. A jet fighter was hit by guerrilla ground fire but was not seriously damaged and returned safely, Air Force chief Gen. Hector Velasco said. 25. An Indonesian air force transport plane was destroyed after being hit by rebel ground fire Thursday while it was approaching an airport in separatist-wracked Aceh province. 26. Both helicopters dropped missile-deflecting hot air balloons to thwart ground fire. 27. But other witnesses claimed the helicopter escaped the ground fire, with at least one rocket slamming down on a crowded area. 28. Ground anti-aircraft fire shot down a pilotless Israeli reconnaissance drone over the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon. 29. Ground fire hit a helicopter that had been sent today for the commander of U.N. peacekeepers, whose mission has appeared increasingly untenable in recent weeks. 30. Ground fire from Bosnian Serb territory hit a helicopter that had been sent for the commander of U.N. peacekeepers today. |