51.   Fischer has gradually pushed the Greens to accept German combat missions in recent years, notably in the NATO-led war against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

52.   France joins the United States and handful of other countries allowing women to fly combat missions.

53.   Forrest said it would be protected by U.S. fighters during potential combat missions.

54.   German planes also have carried supplies to Afghanistan, but none of its troops have been involved in combat missions.

55.   Germany has since changed its constitution to permit combat missions abroad, but they must be approved by parliament.

56.   Germany said its warplanes carried out a combat mission over Bosnia Friday, the first German combat action since World War II.

57.   German participation in the earlier NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia was its first combat mission since the war.

58.   He flew combat missions over Britain and France and was decorated for his air victories.

59.   In its first combat mission since World War II, Germany has taken the lead in trying to negotiate a peace pact with Yugoslavia.

60.   It is the first German combat mission abroad and its first military involvement in the Balkans since Nazis invaded in World War II.