Air Sorties from SWA 010509

Jan. 5, 2010

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Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Dec. 23-26, 2009
Sortie Type
OIF
OEF
OIF/OEF
Total
YTD
ISR
110
123
233
17,251
CAS/Armed Recon
86
343
429
34,878
Airlift
600
600
48,933
Air refueling
176
176
16,973
Total
1,438
118,035

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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