1.   Americans watched in anger as bruised Jeffrey Zaun, the downed Navy flier, was exhibited on Iraqi television during the Persian Gulf War.

2.   He went on to become a Navy flier in the Vietnam War.

3.   It was one of just two times during a two-hour interview that the ramrod-straight former Navy flier caught himself stifling a sob.

4.   McCain, a retired Navy flier and former POW in Vietnam, offered his own unscripted comments about Acheson a little later and won praise from several pundits.

5.   McCain, a Navy flier and former prisoner of war in Vietnam, is a heavy hitter in foreign and military affairs.

6.   Navy fliers have been harassing women at conventions and bad-mouthing female fliers.

7.   The Navy fliers have given a starkly different account of the collision that caused a Chinese fighter to plunge into the sea.

8.   The Navy fliers have given a starkly different account of the collision that caused a Chinese fighter to plunge into the sea, leaving pilot Wang Wei missing.