51.   As the two sides fought sporadically, two American helicopter gunships cruised over the hills on a separate mission.

52.   British troops flying in American helicopters raided the Bosnian town of Prijedor on Thursday, capturing Milan Kovacevic and killing another suspect, Simo Drljaca.

53.   Chirac boldly suggested that American helicopters and French troops recapture the city.

54.   He said rescuers had to be shuttled to the site by an American helicopter.

55.   Helicopters were spotted over Beersheba on Sunday, and witnesses reported American helicopters along the Mediterranean coast north of Tel Aviv.

56.   Israel contends its tactics, and its use of American helicopters, are in self-defense aginast terrorists who have slain scores of Israeli soldiers and civilians.

57.   Johnson fled to Ghana, after taking shelter in the U.S. embassy and then flying out of the country in an American helicopter.

58.   Key dates in U.S.-North Korea dispute over the downed American helicopter.

59.   Meanwhile, American helicopters set down in Jalalabad, the provincial capital, with supplies for military operations in the nearby White Mountains, according to airport guards.

60.   One survivor was picked up by an American helicopter on Saturday and another was picked up earlier by a tanker.