31.   The strike came one day after Baghdad said it had shot down an unmanned American reconnaissance plane near the port city Basra.

32.   The scientists plan to send a reconnaissance plane over the area when weather permits, but the prospect of spotting the impact from the air is uncertain.

33.   The two sides held their first round of talks since the release of the crew of the reconnaissance plane.

34.   They said the reprieve bought time for international observers to arrive in Kosovo and for unarmed NATO reconnaissance planes to begin flying overhead.

35.   They were supported by air-to-air refueling aircraft, American airborne command and control aircraft known as Awacs and reconnaissance planes.

36.   Top brass typically have made their careers in high-powered weapons systems such as jet fighters, rather than the low-speed world of reconnaissance planes.

37.   U.S. officials have portrayed the Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, as something of a showoff who repeatedly flew dangerously close to American reconnaissance planes.

38.   Police, aided by air force reconnaissance planes, had been chasing the blackmailer for several weeks amid a growing holiday-season scare for railway employees and passengers.

39.   Overhead, a U.S. reconnaissance plane could be heard prowling the skies.

40.   Pilot-less reconnaissance planes from Pakistan were seen flying over Indian gun positions earlier this week, officers said on condition of anonymity.