Air Sorties from SWA 121509

Dec. 15, 2009
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Dec. 10, 2009
Sortie Type
OIF
OEF
OIF/OEF
Total
YTD
ISR
31
26
57
16,347
CAS/Armed Recon
20
44
64
33,323
Airlift
131
131
46,656
Air refueling
29
29
16,318
Total
281
112,644

OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom

OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom

ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance

YTD = Year to Date

Airlift includes Horn of Africa data

Note: Data includes all coalition sorties, except for airlift, which is USAF only

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