Air Sorties in Southwest Asia

Oct. 28, 2009

Oct. 22, 2009

Sortie Type
OIF
OEF
OIF/OEF
Total
YTD
ISR
26
29
55
13,600
CAS/Armed Recon
23
70
93
28,732
Airlift
141
141
39,369
Air refueling
49
49
14,192
Total
338
95,893

OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom

OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom

ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance

YTD = Year to Date

Airlift includes Horn of Africa data

Note: Air Forces Central has supplied Airpower Summaries for missing days. The Daily Report Air Sorties recaps for those days can be found at:

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