21.   To date, this aircraft has taken Menem around the world.

22.   While an attack on Udbina would be the first by NATO against a target in Croatia, NATO aircraft have taken military action in Bosnia five times since February.

23.   A mortar shell, fired from Serb positions southeast of the airport, exploded near the airfield Sunday as another U.N. military aircraft was taking off.

24.   A senior official said a Cuban aircraft took off from the international airport outside Caracas two hours after Chavez resigned, possibly taking the guards back home.

25.   A mortar shell exploded on the airfield Sunday as another U.N. military aircraft was taking off.

26.   A senior official said a Cuban aircraft took off before dawn from the international airport outside Caracas two hours after Chavez resigned, possibly taking the guards back home.

27.   A Soviet military aircraft took pictures of Hiroshima soon after the Japanese city had been devastated by an American atomic bomb, a news agency reported Thursday.

28.   A U.N. aircraft took his body to his native Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban are headquartered.

29.   Airport officials, who asked not to be identified, said three unidentified men attacked Illyas shortly after the aircraft took off.

30.   Aircraft normally take off and land into the wind, the paper said.