31.   It was dangerously vulnerable to Soviet air defenses.

32.   Jones turned his attention to destroying German air defenses with trickery.

33.   Last week Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Iraq had rebuilt its air defenses since U.S. and British aircraft hit radar and communications targets around Baghdad in February.

34.   Military officials acknowledged the raid was an expansion of the usual mission and was aimed at knocking out a more sophisticated Iraqi air defense.

35.   NATO plans also called for attacks on air defenses.

36.   Nor is it clear exactly what targets NATO planes would attack, after first strikes on radar and other air defenses.

37.   Of particular importance, Wald said, was a successful strike against an early-warning radar in Montenegro that is a crucial part of Yugoslav air defenses.

38.   Operating under new rules of engagement, the pilots have broadened their attacks to include air defenses and other targets, not just those that directly confront them.

39.   President Clinton was also confronted by aggressive Iraqi air defenses, and beginning on his second day in office, he oversaw repeated military strikes against Iraq.

40.   Serb air defenses have been degraded by weeks of attack.