31.   A French fighter bomber on a low-altitude training mission shattered its cockpit windshield Tuesday in a collision with a seagull, officials said.

32.   A missile fired by a Russian fighter bomber on a training mission landed a few kilometers from a nuclear power plant, a television station said Monday.

33.   Air defense planes, fighter aircraft and fighter bombers took part in the operation.

34.   As US stealth fighter bombers speeded to the Gulf, the chief of the US Air Force mused Friday about the possibility of taking out Iraqi television and radio.

35.   Britain announced Tuesday that it was despatching six Tornado fighter bombers from Germany to Dhahran in Saudi Arabia to join six already deployed there.

36.   China has agreed to help Pakistan manufacture tanks, and the Pakistani air force fleet includes Chinese-made fighter bombers.

37.   Fighter bombers also raided Mlita, a Hezbollah stronghold on the Iqlim al-Tuffah heights in south Lebanon, the group said.

38.   Fighter bombers also raided Mlita, a Hezbollah stronghold on the Iqlim al-Tuffah heights in south Lebanon, the group said, again without reporting casualties.

39.   The United States was widely expected to use the stealth fighter bombers, which carry laser guided bombs, in a new round of retaliatory strikes against Iraq.

40.   Three Israeli helicopters were seen heading for the blast site as an Israeli fighter bomber buzzed the area, firing heat-emitting balloons to deflect any ground fire.