41.  The United States expressed regret Wednesday over the presumed death of a Chinese pilot when his fighter jet collided with a U.S. airplane on Sunday.

42.  The videotapes displayed by Rumsfeld showed two recent instances of Chinese pilots flying dangerously close to a US spy plane.

43.  There have been times of brinkmanship, such as last April when a Navy surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet collided, killing the Chinese pilot.

44.  There is a dead Chinese pilot, a spy plane down on Chinese territory.

45.  They had some of the most boring and thankless duty in the military before they were almost killed by a reckless Chinese pilot.

46.  They explained that Chinese pilots would slip beneath American planes and then shoot up in front of them.

47.  U.S. officials have portrayed the Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, as something of a showoff who repeatedly flew dangerously close to American reconnaissance planes.

48.  US officials protested the aggressive tactics by Chinese pilots late last year.

49.  What we do know is that if we did kill the Chinese pilot, it was accidental.

50.  Powell on Wednesday said the United States regretted the possible death of the Chinese pilot.