31.   An Air Force weather reconnaissance aircraft was flying out to inspect the system Friday afternoon.

32.   And the Serbs showed they still scorn NATO, firing two surface-to-air missiles at an alliance reconnaissance aircraft near the eastern Muslim enclave of Gorazde.

33.   An RAF Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft from Scotland reached the trawler and was able to drop two life rafts, he said.

34.   An unmanned U.S. reconnaissance aircraft crashed in northern Bosnia, NATO officials said Wednesday.

35.   Around the Tora Bora cave and tunnel complex, U.S. Special Forces backed by helicopters and high-flying reconnaissance aircraft, searched for al-Qaida survivors.

36.   AWACS reconnaissance aircraft are equipped with a special radar system that can detect approaching aircraft and missiles.

37.   Britain already is flying refueling and reconnaissance aircraft in support of U.S. airstrikes, and it has fired Tomahawk cruise missiles from a submarine in the Arabian Sea.

38.   British refueling and reconnaissance aircraft are assisting U.S.-led airstrikes on Afghanistan and monitoring the movements of refugees, a defense official said Wednesday.

39.   But by afternoon, a reconnaissance aircraft measured the winds and forecasters upgraded it to a tropical storm.

40.   But by afternoon, wind readings taken by a reconnaissance aircraft forced its upgrade.