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Air Sorties from SWA 021910

Feb. 19, 2010
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Feb. 14, 2010
Sortie Type
OIF
OEF
OIF/OEF
Total
YTD
ISR
27
34
61
2,521
CAS/Armed Recon
24
75
99
3,906
Airlift
155
155
7,055
Air refueling
44
44
1,862
Total
359
15,344

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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