41.  State media on Thursday hailed missing pilot Wang Wei as a hero of national defense.

42.  Ships and helicopters were searching for the missing pilot.

43.  State media have praised the missing pilot, Wang Wei, for his patriotic sacrifice.

44.  Ten South Korean navy and maritime vessels, assisted by U.S. and South Korean helicopters, started the search for the missing pilots.

45.  The face of the missing pilot stares out from the black-and-white photo stuck to a bulletin board.

46.  The identity of the missing pilot was not immediately available.

47.  The missing pilot is the squadron leader, a lieutenant-colonel.

48.  The mission he was flying was not part of any organized search for the missing pilot, King said.

49.  The missing pilot is the squadron leader, a lieutenant colonel.

50.  The name of the missing pilot was not released.