1.   The Chinese military was outraged, however, and scrambled fighters against an American anti-submarine airplane.

2.   ITAR-Tass said the Belarussian air defense forces scrambled several fighters when the balloon was spotted.

3.   Taiwan scrambled fighters to intercept the Chinese airplanes but the Chinese planes soon disappeared with no exchange of fire, the newspaper said, without citing its sources.

4.   The ITAR-Tass new agency said the air defense forces scrambled several fighters when the balloon was spotted.

5.   The plane was heading for Karachi when the Indian air force scrambled two MiG fighters to force it to land at Bombay airport.

6.   Two Japanese fighters were scrambled over the Sensaku islands in the East China Sea on Monday as Chinese fighter planes approached the disputed territory, Sankei Shimbun reported Thursday.

7.   NATO fighters were scrambled at the time to overfly the area in a show of strength.

8.   Taiwanese fighters were scrambled in response, the newspaper said.