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...into Iraq and Yugoslavia--will no longer have to play hide-and-seek with enemy radar and deadly antiaircraft missiles. Before U.S. troops enter hostile airspace, a fleet of unmanned combat air vehicles will have attacked missile batteries capable of shooting down any troop-carrying aircraft. Sensors aboard each drone will detect targets, which will be attacked--after receipt of a human command--by the aircraft's precision-guided munitions...
...Averell is something of a campus celebrity, known for his on and offstage theatrics--including his arrest last fall for sneaking aboard a Delta flight bound for Philadelphia...
...Kamajor militiamen, the various U.N. detachments, some Nigerian army units and a detachment of British paratroopers. The big surprise is that Colonel Koroma has switched sides this time, and is fighting to defend the government. But the problem is there may be doubts over how long he'll stay aboard if the other side appears to get the upper hand and he's offered a deal. So it's total chaos: The U.N. doesn't even know where its own people are, the government troops are untrustworthy and Koroma could always turn. The Kamajor are the only ones...
When the plane landed in Washington, Juan Miguel Gonzalez left his entourage and climbed aboard to be alone with his son. Five minutes later and teary eyed, he came down the plane steps with Elian in his arms, the boy's legs wrapped tight around his waist, and headed into a residence at Andrews Air Force Base. Later Juan Miguel invited agents Mills and Goldman to join him and his family for a while, to thank them for taking care of his son. Elian, they said, was playing on the floor--"like any six-year...
Leading 7-5 with one away and no one aboard in the eleventh, Penn freshman reliever Andrew McCreery was his own worst enemy...