1.   In Washington, officials said it was highly unlikely anyone survived the shoot downs.

2.   The Clinton administration had decried the shoot downs, although administration officials acknowledged that at least one of the planes in a group of three entered Cuban airspace Saturday.

3.   The Clinton administration had decried the shoot downs, and asked for condemnation in the U.N. Security Council.

4.   The simulated shoot downs shown to the media during the visit were all RSAF aircraft.

5.   He spoke fluent Russian, served in the Berlin airlift, and survived two shoot downs in the Pacific during World War II.