31.   Kenneth Bacon, Pentagon spokesman, later confirmed the downed aircraft and said the pilot had been rescued.

32.   NATO gave no details on why the plane went down, but said the pilot was rescued by allied forces.

33.   NBC Nightly News quoted unidentified Pentagon officials as saying the United States was prepared to risk American lives again to rescue the pilots.

34.   NATO and Pentagon officials said the pilot was rescued but the cause of the crash was not yet known.

35.   NATO gave no details of the cause, but said the pilot was rescued by allied forces.

36.   One pilot was rescued but the other was missing.

37.   One example cited as possible use of the U.S. forces was to help rescue NATO pilots should they be shot down over the Adriatic.

38.   The jet pilot was rescued and NATO intends to broaden its attacks aimed at forcing President Slobodan Milosevic to accept a peace plan for the province of Kosovo.

39.   The network also quoted unidentified Pentagon officials as saying the United States was prepared to risk American lives again to rescue the pilots.

40.   The pilot was rescued by Bosnian government soldiers.