Air Sorties in SWA 090910

Sept. 20, 2010
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Sept. 8-9, 2010
Sortie Type
OND
OEF
OND/OEF
Total
YTD
ISR 45
139
184
18,250
CAS/Armed Recon
30
182
212
24,343
Airlift
357
357
43,724
Air refueling
121
121
12,017
Rescue 36 36 5,555
Total
910
103,889

OND=Operation New Dawn (Iraq)

OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)

ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance

YTD = Year to Date

Airlift includes Horn of Africa data

Note: Data for all coalition sorties, except airlift and rescue, which are USAF only

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