1.  In fact, it barely sufficed to keep out reconnaissance sorties by the handful of French planes which had been in Verdun at the outset.

2.  But not with French planes, the French government said Friday.

3.  Eleven other sailors were flown on French planes to Djibouti, in East Africa, for treatment.

4.  One French plane was hit by a Serb surface-to-air missile, and its two airmen forced to eject.

5.  A French navy plane took off about the same time from Noumea, New Caledonia, he said.

6.  A French plane arrived in Kosovo to take the delegation to Paris.

7.  A French plane was fired on as it tried to land in Sarajevo on Sunday, the fifth attack against NATO troops in four days.

8.  A French plane arrived here at mid-day to take the delegation to Paris.

9.  A French plane landed at Sarajevo airport Friday and Bosnian Serbs appeared to begin withdrawing their heavy weapons as promised in a pact ending NATO airstrikes.

10.  A French plane on the bombing run spiraled out of the sky, then disappeared behind a low hill near the town.