Air Sorties in Southwest Asia

Dec. 28, 2009

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Dec. 18-19, 2009

Sortie Type
OIF
OEF
OIF/OEF
Total
YTD
ISR
61
42
103
16,841
CAS/Armed Recon
40
109
149
34,135
Airlift
308
308
47,852
Air refueling
82
82
16,678
Total
642
115,506

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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