21.   A search-and-rescue mission was launched.

22.   A search-and-rescue mission was launched but there was no word on casualties.

23.   A search-and-rescue mission was launched with no word on possible survivors.

24.   Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Almarah Belk at the Pentagon said a search and rescue mission was launched from RAF Kinloss in Scotland.

25.   Air Force spokewoman Capt. Almarah Belk said a search and rescue mission had been launched from RAF Kinloss, a British air base.

26.   Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Almarah Belk at the Pentagon said a search and rescue mission had been launched from RAF Kinloss in Scotland.

27.   American diplomat William Walker, the mission chief, will head to Pristina next week to officially launch the mission, Nyberg said.

28.   American diplomat William Walker, the mission chief, is to head to the provincial capital Pristina next week to officially launch the mission.

29.   Britain has been pushing for a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force in Kosovo before any NATO air strikes or peacekeeping missions are launched.

30.   Even as he formally launched the mission, NATO units were already deep in territory still torn by the hatreds of almost four years of war.