21.   Russian fighter jets flew sorties over Grozny and hit the presidential palace despite a promise by Boris Yeltsin to halt air attacks on the Chechen capital.

22.   Russian fighter jets flew sorties over the Chechen capital on Thursday and hit the presidential palace.

23.   Russian fighter jets flew sorties over Grozny and bombed the presidential palace despite another promise by President Boris Yeltsin to stop deadly air attacks on the Chechen capital.

24.   Russian fighter jets flew sorties over the Chechen capital Thursday and hit the presidential palace.

25.   Russian fighter jets fly sorties over Grozny and hit the presidential palace despite a promise by Boris Yeltsin to halt air attacks on the Chechen capital.

26.   Scores have flown nighttime sorties since Wednesday, when NATO began its campaign to force Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to make peace with the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

27.   Skies cleared Friday over the huge NATO air base at Aviano at the foothills of the Alps Saturday, and fighter jets flew sporadic sorties.

28.   The statement did not specify how many sorties were flown.

29.   The Tornados have already flown sorties against Bosnian Serb targets along with other NATO warplanes.

30.   They said U.S. aircraft flew continual sorties over the city during the day Tuesday, presumably to determine what air defenses remained intact.