81.   The aircraft took evasive action.

82.   The aircraft took off from bases in North Dakota and South Dakota and made the bomb drops after uninterrupted flights, the spokesman said.

83.   The aircraft did not take off as scheduled, said Major Don Eaton of the US Atlantic Command in Norfolk, Virginia.

84.   The aircraft was taking troop reinforcements to the northern Palaly military complex for an ongoing offensive against Tamil Tiger guerrillas when it went down.

85.   The aircraft had just taken off from a nearby airfield.

86.   The aircraft took out the missile site with a HARM anti-radiation missile, the official said.